mora
noun pl. morae or moras
- Linguis. an arbitrary unit of syllabic length
- Prosody the unit of metrical time, equal to the ordinary short syllable, usually indicated by a breve (˘)
See mora in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(môrˈə, mōrˈə)
noun pl. mo·rae (môrˈē, mōrˈē) or
mo·ras The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to the short syllable.
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