Meaning of METRICAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'metreekul
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- [adj] (prosody) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
- [adj] based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"
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| | Synonyms: | | measured, metric, metric, rhythmic, rhythmical |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Met"ric*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter;
consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.
2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard,
etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the
metric system.
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| | Related Terms: | | antispastic, approximative, beating, cadenced, cadent, chorographic, dactylic, estimative, hypsographic, iambic, in numbers, in rhythm, measured, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, metric, numerative, oceanographic, prosodic, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantitative, rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, throbbing, topographic, trochaic, valuational, valuative |
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