(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The remaining 22% of patients wanted to mark a "caesura" in their lives.
(2) Bell had found himself, at the end of the 1950s, at a "disconcerting caesura".