Home › Words › M › micropausemicropausemicropause means A very short pause.EtymologyFrom micro- + pause.nounA very short pause.e.g.“Make a micropause during this suspension in inhalation and relax yourself before continuing.” — 2016, Francois de Carufel, Premature Ejaculation, page 211:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pausing 70% match — A pause. vs micropause →pauser 69% match — Someone who pauses. vs micropause →micromoment 68% match — A very brief moment. vs micropause →interpausal 68% match — Between successive pauses vs micropause →intrapause 66% match — Within / during a pause vs micropause →autopause 65% match — An automatic pause feature. vs micropause →pausa 65% match — The hiatus between prosodic units, e.g. at the end of a sentence. vs micropause →micropulse 64% match — A very small, or very short pulse vs micropause →