Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The pattern of the beats in a piece of music, which includes meter, tempo, and all other rhythmic aspects.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

Forms

plural: metrical structures

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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