metrical

C2 Topic:Art & Music
US /ˈmɛtɹɪkl̩/
adj Freq #301284

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to birth certificates.

    Metrical records / metrical books.

  2. 2
    adj

    the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

  3. 3
    adj

    based on the meter as a standard of measurement

  4. 4
    adj

    Relating to poetic meter.

Thesaurus

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

Etymology

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

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