metrical unit
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1. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | dactyl, |
| definition | : | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | iamb, iambus, |
| definition | : | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | anapaest, anapest, |
| definition | : | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | amphibrach, |
| definition | : | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember') (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | trochee, |
| definition | : | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | spondee, |
| definition | : | a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dibrach, pyrrhic, |
| definition | : | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | metrics, prosody, |
| definition | : | the study of poetic meter and the art of versification (noun.cognition) |
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