metrical

[ me-tri-kuh l ]

/ ˈmɛ trɪ kəl /

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adjective

pertaining to meter or poetic measure.

composed in meter or verse.

pertaining to measurement.

Also metric.

Origin of metrical

1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin metric(us) (see metric²) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM metrical

met·ri·cal·ly, adverb met·ri·cism

[me-truh-siz-uh m] /ˈmɛ trəˌsɪz əm/, me·tric·i·ty

[me-tris-i-tee, mi-] /mɛˈtrɪs ɪ ti, mɪ-/, noun non·met·ri·cal, adjective non·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb

un·met·ri·cal, adjective un·met·ri·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby metrical

metric martyr, metric space, metric system, metric ton, metric topology, metrical, metrical mile, metrical psalm, metricate, metrication, metrician

Example sentences from the Web for metrical

We are not here to consider whether England would gain or lose by adopting the metrical system.

International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. |Various
Metrical composition did not cease throughout the Middle Ages.

The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) |Henry Osborn Taylor
Yet the metrical structure of the very poem which seems the simplest is actually the subtlest.

Theodore Watts-Dunton |James Douglas
The first attempt at a theory of the metrical structure of the alliterative line was made by Lachmann.

A History of English Versification |Jakob Schipper

The theory of development is instructively illustrated in the history of metrical parody.

Collections and Recollections |George William Erskine Russell

British Dictionary definitions for metrical

metrical

metric (ˈmɛtrɪk)

/ (ˈmɛtrɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to measurement

of or in poetic metre

Derived forms of metrical

metrically, adverb

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metrical

adjective

Origin of metrical

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British Dictionary definitions for metrical

metric (ˈmɛtrɪk)

adjective

Derived forms of metrical

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metrical

adjective

Origin of metrical

OTHER WORDS FROM metrical

Words nearby metrical

Words related to metrical

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metric (ˈmɛtrɪk)

adjective

Derived forms of metrical

British Dictionary definitions for metrical