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Metre

Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.

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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,…

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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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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.

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Metric 74% connected

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

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Metric 74% connected

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

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Metrical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.

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Metrical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.

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Dam 70% connected

A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

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Decameter 70% connected

Alt. of Decametre

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Decametre 70% connected

A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

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Dekameter 70% connected

Same as Decameter.

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Decimeter 70% connected

Alt. of Decimetre

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Decimetre 70% connected

A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

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Beat 92% connected

of Beat

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Cadence 92% connected

The act or state of declining or sinking.

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M 92% connected

As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.

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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…

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Meter 92% connected

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

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Time 92% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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