metre

Other forms: metres

Definitions of metre
  1. noun
    the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
    synonyms: m, meter
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    metric linear unit
    a linear unit of distance in metric terms
  2. noun
    rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
    synonyms: meter, time
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    type of:
    rhythmicity
    the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music
  3. noun
    (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    synonyms: beat, cadence, measure, meter
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    catalexis
    the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
    scansion
    analysis of verse into metrical patterns
    common measure, common meter
    the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
    foot, metrical foot, metrical unit
    (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
    dactyl
    a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
    iamb, iambus
    a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
    anapaest, anapest
    a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
    amphibrach
    a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
    trochee
    a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
    spondee
    a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
    dibrach, pyrrhic
    a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
    type of:
    poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern
    (prosody) a system of versification
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