Nonpause

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Absence of a pause.

    "This refers to what participants speak (or do not speak), including how the content is spoken: the words that are said (or not said), intonations used, pauses (or nonpauses when pauses were expected), omissions (or nonomissions), […]"

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"This refers to what participants speak (or do not speak), including how the content is spoken: the words that are said (or not said), intonations used, pauses (or nonpauses when pauses were expected), omissions (or nonomissions), […]"

Etymology

From non- + pause.

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