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caesural

Variant of caesura

noun pl. caesuras or caesurae

  1. a break or pause in a line of verse: in Greek and Latin verse, the caesura falls within the metrical foot; in English verse, it is usually about the middle of the line and is shown in scanning by the sign ∥
  2. Music a break or pause in the meter of a composition

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