mora

(mōrə, môrə)

noun pl. morae or moras

  1. Linguis. an arbitrary unit of syllabic length
  2. Prosody the unit of metrical time, equal to the ordinary short syllable, usually indicated by a breve (˘)

Origin: L, delay: see merit

See mora in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. mo·rae (môrˈē, mōrˈē) or mo·ras
The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to the short syllable.

Origin:

Origin: Latin, pause

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