extrametrical — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective Etymology: extra + metrical : exceeding the usual or prescribed number of syllables in a given meter : not counted in metrical analysis * * * /ek streuh me tri keuhl/, adj. Pros. containing one or more syllables in addition… … Useful english dictionary
extrametrical — ex·tra·metrical … English syllables
extrametrical — /ɛkstrəˈmɛtrəkəl/ (say ekstruh metruhkuhl) adjective containing more syllables than those required by the metre …
Syllable — For the computer operating system, see Syllable (operating system). A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a… … Wikipedia
Beat (music) — For other uses, see Beat (disambiguation). A Taiwanese taiko drummer The beat is the basic unit of time in music, the pulse of the mensural level[1] (or beat level).[2 … Wikipedia
Munsee language — Munsee Spoken in Canada; United States Region now in Ontario; formerly in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Ethnicity 400 (1991) Native speakers 7 (n … Wikipedia
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Upbeat (music) — Upbeat (Ger. Auftakt).1. An unaccented beat or beats that occur before the first beat of the following measure. In other words, this is an impulse in a measured rhythm that immediately precedes, and hence anticipates, the downbeat, which is the… … Wikipedia
Extrametricality — is a tool for prodosic analysis of a word in linguistics. In certain languages, a particular segment of a word or prosodic unit may be ignored for the purposes of determining the stress structure of that unit. This segment would be regarded as… … Wikipedia
