METRICAL UNIT Synonyms

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• the close of a musical section

• a recurrent rhythmical series

• a formation of people or things one beside another

• a mark that is long relative to its width

• a formation of people or things one behind another

• a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point

• text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen

• a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum

• a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops)

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

• a connected series of events or actions or developments

• a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

• the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed

• a telephone connection

• acting in conformity

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a particular kind of product or merchandise

• a commercial organization serving as a common carrier

• space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising

• the maximum credit that a customer is allowed

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress

• a short personal letter

• a conceptual separation or distinction

• mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it

• be in line with; form a line along

• cover the interior of

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• mark with lines

• fill plentifully

• reinforce with fabric

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

• how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

• a statute in draft before it becomes law

• the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

• a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

• determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

• express as a number or measure or quantity

• have certain dimensions

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• a perceptual structure

• a customary way of operation or behavior

• a decorative or artistic work

• something regarded as a normative example

• a model considered worthy of imitation

• something intended as a guide for making something else

• the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport

• graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

• plan or create according to a model or models

• form a pattern

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• recurring at regular intervals

• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

• the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

• natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

• (architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern

• a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

• (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

• the rate of some repeating event

• literature in metrical form

• a piece of poetry

• a line of metrical text

• compose verses or put into verse

• familiarize through thorough study or experience

• (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm