English > metrical unit: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm. |
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Synonyms | metrical foot, foot |
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Category | prosody, metrics | The study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
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Narrower | amphibrach | A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., 'remember') |
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anapest, anapaest | A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables |
dactyl | A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables |
iamb, iambus | A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables |
pyrrhic, dibrach | A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables |
spondee | A metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables |
trochee | A metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables |
Broader | meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
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Spanish | pie, unidad métrica |
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Catalan | peu, unitat mètrica |
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