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Monometer

A line of verse containing a single metrical foot.

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    A line of verse containing a single metrical foot.

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iambicnoun(prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs.
measurenounA prescribed quantity or extent.
meternounA device that measures things.
monosemenoun(semantics) A monosemous term; a term with one meaning.
metrificationnoun(Canada, US) Metrication.
metronnounmetre (US: meter), poetic measure
metrenounThe basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
moranoun(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
molossusnoun(poetry) A metrical foot of three long syllables.
semeionnounA symbol in ancient art associated with the gods and resembling a Roman military standard.
metricistnounOne who studies poetic meter.
dochmiusnoun(poetry) A metrical foot of five syllables used in Greek tragedy for highly anguished scenes. The metrical pattern is typically: short-long-long-short-long.
monomoraicitynoun(phonology) The property of having one mora.
metrifiernounOne who metrifies; a writer of verses.
dochmiacnoun(poetry) A verse in dochmiac metre.
melismnounAlternative form of melisma (“passage of multiple notes for a single syllable”). [(music, countable) A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text.]
monemenoun(linguistics, uncommon) morpheme
monolognoun(US) Uncommon spelling of monologue. [(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.]
melismanoun(music, countable) A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text.
meton.nounAbbreviation of metonymy. [(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.]

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