"metre" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) (synset 113681046)
is a type of: metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms

has: decimeter, decimetre, dm - a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

is a part of: dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm - a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

same as: m, meter
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse (synset 107108759)
referred to in: metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

is a type of: poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern - (prosody) a system of versification
subtypes:
- catalexis - the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse
- scansion - analysis of verse into metrical patterns
- common measure, common meter - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad
- foot, metrical foot, metrical unit - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
same as: beat, cadence, measure, meter
Rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration (synset 104998860)
is a type of: rhythmicity - the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music

same as: meter, time