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English noun: metrical foot | |||
| 1. | metrical foot (communication) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | ||
| Synonyms | foot, metrical unit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amphibrach, anapaest, anapest, dactyl, dibrach, iamb, iambus, pyrrhic, spondee, trochee | ||
| Domain category | metrics, prosody | ||
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