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Metrical foot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The basic unit of the underlying rhythm of verse.
  2. 2
    (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm wordnet

Etymology

Calque of Latin pēs metricus.

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