metrical unit

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metrical unit - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythmmetrical foot, footmetrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versificationcadence, metre, meter, measure, beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of versedactyl - a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllablesiamb, iambus - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllablesanapaest, anapest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllablesamphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')trochee - a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllablesspondee - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllablesdibrach, pyrrhic - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables