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METRICAL UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
Synonyms:
foot; metrical foot; metrical unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("metrical unit" is a kind of...):
beat; cadence; measure; meter; metre ((prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse)
Domain category:
metrics; prosody (the study of poetic meter and the art of versification)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metrical unit"):
dactyl (a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables)
iamb; iambus (a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables)
anapaest; anapest (a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables)
amphibrach (a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., 'remember'))
trochee (a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables)
spondee (a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables)
dibrach; pyrrhic (a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables)
