📖 Definitions of "Monometer"
noun
- 1
A line of verse containing a single metrical foot.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| iambicnoun | (prosody) An iamb; a line or group of lines of iambs. |
| measurenoun | A prescribed quantity or extent. |
| meternoun | A device that measures things. |
| monosemenoun | (semantics) A monosemous term; a term with one meaning. |
| metrificationnoun | (Canada, US) Metrication. |
| metronnoun | metre (US: meter), poetic measure |
| metrenoun | The 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. |
| semeionnoun | A symbol in ancient art associated with the gods and resembling a Roman military standard. |
| metricistnoun | One 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. |
| metrifiernoun | One who metrifies; a writer of verses. |
| dochmiacnoun | (poetry) A verse in dochmiac metre. |
| melismnoun | Alternative 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.noun | Abbreviation 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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