autopause

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noun

An automatic pause feature.

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Meanings

nounautopause (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn automatic pause feature.

    The biggest change in the Core Location framework in iOS 6 has been on the inside. Still, there are a couple of changes in the API that are worth noting—for example, how to control the new autopause behavior of the location services […]

    2012, Shawn Grimes, Colin Francis, Hans-Eric Gronlund, iOS 6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, page 176

Origin

From auto- + pause.

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APA

autopause. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopause

MLA

“autopause.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopause. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autopause,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autopause.

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