- Look up metric or -metric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Metric or
metrical may
refer to:
Metric system, an
internationally adopted decimal system...
- A
metrical psalter is a kind of
Bible translation: a book
containing a
verse translation of all or part of the Book of
Psalms in
vernacular poetry, meant...
- beat
divided into
pulse groups, in
musical notation.[citation needed] A
metrical foot is, in
classical poetry, a
combination of two or more
short or long...
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Metrical phonology is a
theory of
stress or
linguistic prominence. The
innovative feature of this
theory is that the
prominence of a unit is
defined relative...
- "prose dindsenchas" is
often distinguished from the "verse", "poetic" or "
metrical dindsenchas"). As a
compilation the
dindsenchas has
survived in two different...
- The
metric system is a
system of
measurement that
standardizes a set of base
units and a
nomenclature for
describing relatively large and
small quantities...
- The
metre (or
meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of
length in the
International System of
Units (SI).
Since 2019, the
metre has been defined...
-
Metrical Phonology: A
Course Book is a 1987 book by
Richard M. Hogg and C. B.
McCully in
which the
authors provide an
introduction to a
theory of metrical...
- A
spondee (Latin: spondeus) is a
metrical foot
consisting of two long syllables, as
determined by
syllable weight in
classical meters, or two stressed...
-
Metrical Stress Theory:
Principles and Case
Studies is a 1995 book by
Bruce Hayes in
which the
author discusses metrical stress theory based on in-depth...
