metrical

(me′tri kəl)

adjective

Origin: L metricus < Gr metrikos (see meter & -ic) + -al

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adjective

Of, relating to, or composed in poetic meter: metrical verse; five metrical units in a line.
Of or relating to measurement.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin metricus

Origin: , from Greek metrikos

Origin: , from metron, measure, poetic meter; see mē-² in Indo-European roots

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