Ictus: alternatives and connections

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in…

A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…

A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.

That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater str…

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; fo…

the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use

A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head vo…

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…

Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot.

A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, a…

The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, th…

(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a wea…