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English noun: metrical unit

1. metrical unit (communication) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm


Synonymsfoot, metrical foot


Broader (hypernym)beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre


Narrower (hyponym)amphibrach, anapaest, anapest, dactyl, dibrach, iamb, iambus, pyrrhic, spondee, trochee


Domain categorymetrics, prosody









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