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pyrrhic collapse: an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare; a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables; of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans); "a Pyrrhic victory"; of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables; "pyrrhic verses"; of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece; "pyrrhic dance movements"

iambic collapse: a verse line consisting of iambs; of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"

anapest collapse: a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

trochee collapse: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

dactyl collapse: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

diaeresis collapse

counterpoint collapse: a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies; write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"

caesura collapse: a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line; a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued"

emphasis collapse: special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.; special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

rhythm collapse: recurring at regular intervals; the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"; the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"

colon collapse: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted; a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter); a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal; the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos; the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

cadence collapse: a recurrent rhythmical series; the close of a musical section

numbers collapse: the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

ictus collapse

meter collapse: any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity; rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration; (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse; the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards); measure with a meter; "meter the flow of water"; stamp with a meter indicating the postage; "meter the mail"

thesis collapse: an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

accent collapse: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation; distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

metric collapse: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents"

metrical collapse

jingle collapse: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"; make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket"

lilt collapse: a jaunty rhythm in music; articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way

rhythmical collapse: recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"

rhythmic collapse

foot collapse: travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"; any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates; a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"; the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"; the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"; a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger; a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"; add a column of numbers; walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"; pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"

quantity collapse: an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"; something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

stress collapse: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"; (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"; difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson; special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"; put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"; to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

scanning collapse: the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission; the process of translating photographs into a digital form that can be recognized by a computer

movement collapse: the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"; the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"; a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"; a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something; a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"

measured collapse: determined by measurement; "the measured distance was less than a mile"; the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

swing collapse: changing location by moving back and forth; a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them; a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"; mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth; a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz; a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"; alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"; hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"; engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"; make a big sweeping gesture or movement; play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm; move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"; change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"; move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"; be a social swinger; socialize a lot; influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"; live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"; have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"

sextet collapse: a musical composition written for six performers; six people considered as a unit; a set of six similar things considered as a unit; six performers or singers who perform together

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