caesura

Meaning

1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
2. Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
3. The caesura mark ‖ or ||.
4. A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point.

Synonyms

pause

cesura

cross section

cut

cutting

halftime

incision

intermission

lapse

lull

pit stop

relief

respite

rest

scission

break

section

cease

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈzjʊəɹə/

Etymology

Latin caesūra (“cutting, hewing”), from caesus, perfect passive participle of caedō (“I cut down, hew”).