"pausation" meaning in All languages combined

See pausation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pausations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pausation (countable and uncountable, plural pausations)
  1. (formal) A pause, or arrangement of pauses, as in poetry. Tags: countable, formal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pausation-en-noun-hCX8QiNM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Wagner, with more prudence than Servius, leaves the pausation, and with the pausation the cadence and symmetry of the verse, as he found it; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1956, Kansas. State Department of Public Instruction, A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Schools of Kansas (page 66)",
          "text": "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."
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