[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

caesura \caesu"ra\, n.; pl. e. caesuras, l. caesurae
   l. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere,
   caesum, to cut off. see concise.
   a metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a
   foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause
   in the middle of a foot. also, a long syllable on which the
   caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
   1913 webster

   note: in the following line the caesura is between study
         and of.
         1913 webster

               the prop | er stud | y of | mankind | is man.
         1913 webster

   2. a pause or interruption as in a conversation; as, after
      an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
      wordnet 1.5
see also:
caesuras caesurae concise 

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