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parenthesesnounpl. of parenthesis a break in continuitythere was a parenthesis of silence when the microphone momentarily lost power discontinuities, gaps, hiatuses, hiccups(also hiccoughs), interims, interludes, intermissions, interregnums(or interregna), interruptions, interstices, intervals caesuras(or caesurae), commas, interspaces, lags, pauses, spaces, time lags, windowsentr'actesbumpersadjournments, discontinuances, lapses, suspensionslulls, recesses, respites, restssubintervals continuations, continuities continua(also continuums), runs, stretchesprocessions, progressions |