accentual

ac·cen·tu·al

A0038100 (ăk-sĕn′cho͞o-əl)adj.1. Of or relating to accent.2. Based on stress accents: accentual rhythm; accentual verse.

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[From Latin accentus, accent; see accent.]

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ac·cen′tu·al·ly adv.

accentual

(ækˈsɛntʃʊəl) adj1. of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic2. (Poetry) prosody of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllables. Compare quantitative³ acˈcentually adv

ac•cen•tu•al

(ækˈsɛn tʃu əl)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to accent or stress. 2. pertaining to or based on stress rather than the number or duration of syllables: accentual meter. [1600–10; < Latin accentu(s) (see accent) + -al¹] ac•cen`tu•al′i•ty, n. ac•cen′tu•al•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	accentual - of or pertaining to accent or stress
	2.	accentual - (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm"quantitative - (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements"syllabic - (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities

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