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Cadence

The act or state of declining or sinking.

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Foot 76% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scansion 76% connected

The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prosody 76% connected

That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cadent 74% connected

Falling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cadent 74% connected

Falling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Metric 74% connected

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Metric 74% connected

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Beat 92% connected

of Beat

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cadency 92% connected

Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Measure 92% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Meter 92% connected

One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Metre 92% connected

Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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