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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: catalectic (0.00741 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to catalectic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: catalectic
catalectic
adj : (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or
more syllables in the final metrical foot [ant:
hypercatalectic,
acatalectic]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Catalectic
Catalectic
\Cat`a*lec"tic\, a. [L. catalecticus, Gr. ?
incomplete, fr. ? to leave off; kata` down, wholly + lh`gein
to stop.]
1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in
an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the
whole of a substance. --Abney.
[1913 Webster]
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