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Metrical

Metrical Meaning & Definition
Metrical Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Metrical?

[adj] (prosody) the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
[adj] based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Metrical: measured | metric | metric | rhythmic | rhythmical

Related Terms | Find terms related to Metrical: 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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Metrical In Webster's Dictionary

\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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