stress timing
A type of isochrony in a language such that syllables may last different amounts of…A type of isochrony in a language such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A type of isochrony in a language such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables.
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedstress-timed
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable