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pausation

pausation noun: a pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry.

Noun

pausation (countable and uncountable, plural pausations)

  1. (formal) A pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry.
    • Wagner, with more prudence than Servius, leaves the pausation, and with the pausation the cadence and symmetry of the verse, as he found it; […]1878, James Henry, Aeneidea, page 430
    • Watches the spaces between letters and words; gives special attention to pausations. The habit of beginning and ending letters correctly is more pronounced than in the previous grade.1956, Kansas. State Department of Public Instruction, A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Schools of Kansas (page 66)

Forms of pausation

pluralpausations

Questions about pausation

What does pausation mean?
Pausation means a pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry.
What part of speech is pausation?
Pausation is a noun.
What is the plural of pausation?
The plural of pausation is pausations.

Words near pausation in the dictionary

  1. pausal
  2. Pausali
  3. pausally
  4. Pausanian
  5. Pausanias
  6. pausation
  7. pausations
  8. pause
  9. pause ad
  10. pause buffer
  11. pause buffered

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