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Reichert, Karl (medicine) and pause 2, noun (oh)


Reichert, Karl (medicine)


Reichert, Karl
<person> German anatomist, 1811-1884.

See: Reichert's cartilage, Reichert's cochlear recess, Reichert-Meissl number.


pause 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein 'to stop']
a short time during which someone stops speaking or doing something before starting again
::There was a pause while Alice changed the tape.
::After a long pause , she went on.
pause in
::an awkward pause in the conversation
also pause button
a control which allows you to stop a CD player, Video recorder etc for a short time and start it again
a mark over a musical note, showing that the note is to be played or sung longer than usual
give sb pause (for thought)
to make someone stop and consider carefully what they are doing
::an avoidable accident that should give us all pause for thought