(n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
(n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
(n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
(n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
(n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
(n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
(n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
(n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
(n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
(n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
(v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the groups often paused less and responded faster than individual rats working under identical conditions.
(2) The percent pause time, the standard deviation of the voice fundamental frequency distribution, the standard deviation of the rate of change of the voice fundamental frequency and the average speed of voice change were found to correlate to the clinical state of the patient.
(3) The difference in APD between the first drive train and drive trains after at least 3 minutes of pacing when APD had stabilized was not significant for an inter-train pause exceeding 8 seconds.
(4) The aim of this study was clarify the physiopathological mechanisms underlying atrial pauses as well as to evaluate the sensitivity of sinoatrial conduction time (SACT) directly measured on SNE and of SACT estimated with the indirect Strauss method with respect to the detection of SSS.
(5) Nucleotide incorporation kinetics were determined and sequence specific pausing was analyzed by primer-extension.
(6) Similar responses were obtained with gated noise bursts and by pauses in a series of clicks.
(7) High voltage stimuli were always effective, while when the pulse amplitude was reduced to 3.8 volt stimuli were uneffective except when occurring after extremely long asystolic pauses.
(8) The students received cues-pause-point training on an initial question set followed by generalization assessments on a different set in another setting.
(9) This comparison shows that: (1) evaluation of sleep states by CPG technique is only reliable for quiet sleep and (2) there was a significant difference in the number of pauses, the evaluation with PSG being systematically higher than with CPG.
(10) A short direct repeat sequence (AGGAGC), resembling the sequence shown to cause DNA polymerase alpha to pause, and sequences capable of forming hairpin loops were both present at the 5' and 3' break-points of the deletion.
(11) "The performance of Italy and France kind of puts Ireland's heroic non-qualification in context," suggests Sean DeLoughry, giving everyone pause for thought.
(12) SW: Yes she bloody did, did you not hear that pause?
(13) In the pulsed mode, impulse duration and pause duration were varied between 50 and 500 ms. Total duration of coagulation was 30 s in all cases.
(14) Van Gaal’s team can enjoy the two-week pause in action.
(15) During prolonged diastolic pauses, programmed atrial contractions were induced at progressively increasing coupling intervals.
(16) But even away from this disaster, facts about the industry's cost and scope to meet Europe's energy needs should be enough to give nuclear supporters pause.
(17) The maximum postoverdrive pause ranged from 680 to 1600 ms with an average of 1100 ms plus or minus 190 (10).
(18) On a dreich November evening in Gourock, a red-coated mongrel is wandering between the seats in a room above a pub, pausing to sniff handbags for hidden treats.
(19) The building that is happening in Qatar should be paused and they should have a fair and open competition."
(20) The results suggest that Cues, Pause, Point procedures may offer some potential for replacing delusional responding with appropriate responding to social stimuli.
Snooze
Definition:
(n.) A short sleep; a nap.
(v. i.) To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
Example Sentences:
(1) CONS Unpopular with younger staff, who view Switzerland as a snooze.
(2) They have also given us all a contest worth watching – instead of a summer-long snooze.
(3) There's a sense of generations passing in a haze of crisp formalities, with decades of unexpressed emotions left to accumulate, like dust on a snoozing duchess.
(4) But the starter, at least, doesn't say snooze to me.
(5) Photograph: Guardian The leaders met, hugged, talked, and talked, late into the night while the press pack lingered (or snoozed) Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) @graemewearden it's @benedict_king @BrunoBrussels @SpiegelPeter I can see...
(6) Isometimes long for a proper retirement, just pottering about in the garden, going on dog walks, playing the piano, or lying about reading, snacking, watching telly, snoozing the afternoons away.
(7) Contrary to the "snoozing" allegation, Apple Store activity told Apple exactly the what , the how , and the how much of Nest's business.
(8) Immediately after the murder, Mota’s father and brother pursued the getaway vehicles and happened upon some snoozing police officers, who continued the chase.
(9) [...] Google's aggressiveness has once again caught Apple snoozing.
(10) After a couple of days tearing around this undulating terrain, stopping for coffee and Kuchen in cosy places such as Berghotel Körbersee, where I had to step over a snoozing St Bernard to access the toilet, I ventured further into the backcountry with the Warth ski school , whose range of guided off-piste excursions is more original than any I have seen.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Renovated ship crates, known as Zzz pods Top 10 museum cafes and restaurants in Paris Read more We discovered a row of glass “Zzz” pods – renovated ship crates in their own gardens that are free to hire for 1½ hours to snooze or relax in – and also a five-lane running track.
(12) Congressman Gosar can hit the snooze button and be in denial or he can choose to be part of the solution.” A recent poll conducted by Faith in Public Life found significant partisan differences in approval of Pope Francis .
(13) A study, published in the journal Appetite , found differences in the diets of people who slept for seven to eight hours a night compared with those snoozing for five.
(14) And it is thanks to Abbott's arrival, and the effect it has already had, that this long summer will not be the snooze-fest I had feared.
(15) The boom of big data, and the technology that makes its collection and analysis possible, has brought with it a global fascination with tracking every step, snooze and calorie.
(16) Her changes this year include a shake-up of the Sunday schedule, traditionally a day of hangovers and snoozing through long sessions.
(17) Neither change could alter Marseille’s fate, which had been sealed by their three-minute snooze.
(18) And CEOs don't hit snooze: most of them claim to leap out of bed in the morning (even though it's basically still night) and more than one said that "life is too exciting" for sleep.
(19) It was sometimes dull even with him, but without him it really would have been snooze TV.
(20) Some are simple, such as hitting snooze on the alarm clock or choosing what to eat for breakfast, while others – like deciding who to marry, or what career to pursue – require deep reflection, thought and analysis.