metrical

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmɛtɹɪkl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #301284

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to birth certificates.

Metrical records / metrical books.
2

adj
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
3

adj
based on the meter as a standard of measurement
4

adj
Relating to poetic meter.

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Synonyms

2 adj · the rhythmic arrangement of... measured

3 adj · based on the meter as a... metric

Word family

Derived forms allometricalchemometricalextrametricalextrametricalityhexametricalimmetricalmetricallymonometricalmultimetricalnanometricalnonmetricalosteometrical

Related forms metric

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Phrases (1)

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metrical foot
a small recurring group of syllables forming a unit of poetic rhythm

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From New Latin metricus + -al. For sense 4: Compare Russian метри́ческий (metríčeskij).

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