metrical unit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun metrical unit has 1 sense
- metrical unit(n = noun.communication) foot, metrical foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm; Array
is a kind of
beat,
cadence,
measure,
meter,
metre
has particulars:
dactyl,
iamb,
iambus,
anapaest,
anapest,
amphibrach,
trochee,
spondee,
dibrach,
pyrrhic
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