- metrical unit
- noun(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm• Syn: ↑metrical foot, ↑foot• Hyponyms:
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metrical foot — noun (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm • Syn: ↑foot, ↑metrical unit • Topics: ↑prosody, ↑metrics • Hypernyms: ↑meter, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Metrical phonology — is a theory of stress or linguistic prominence.[1] [2] The innovative feature of this theory is that the prominence of a unit is defined relative to other units in the same phrase. For example, in the most common pronunciation of the phrase… … Wikipedia
metrical foot — noun The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse See Also: metric foot … Wiktionary
Prosodic unit — Minor (foot) break Major (intonation) break | ‖ IPA number … Wikipedia
League (unit) — A league is a unit of length or area long common in Europe and Latin America, although no longer an official unit in any nation. The league most frequently expresses the distance a person, or a horse, can walk in 1 hour of time (usually about 3.5 … Wikipedia
foot, metrical — Basic unit of verse metre. Any of various fixed combinations or groups of stressed and unstressed (or long and short) syllables comprise a foot. The prevailing kind and number of feet determines the metre of a poem. The most common feet in… … Universalium
measure — Synonyms and related words: A, Alexandrine, Spenserian stanza, Stabreim, a, accent, accent mark, accentuation, accommodate, accommodation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accord, achievement, acreage, act, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adapt,… … Moby Thesaurus
Foot (prosody) — The foot is the basic metrical unit that generates a line of verse in most Western traditions of poetry, including English accentual syllabic verse and the quantitative meter of classical ancient Greek and Latin poetry. The unit is composed of… … Wikipedia
foot — /foot/, n., pl. feet for 1 4, 8 11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves. 2. (in invertebrates) any part similar in position or function. 3.… … Universalium
Iambic trimeter — is a meter consisting of three iambic units per line.In Ancient Greek, iambic trimeter was a quantitative meter in which a line consisted of three iambic metra; and each metron consisted of two iambi. It was found in the spoken verses of tragedy… … Wikipedia
