syllable-timed
[ sil-uh-buh l-tahymd ]
/ ˈsɪl ə bəlˌtaɪmd /
adjective Phonetics. (of a language)
having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
Compare
stress-timed.
Words nearby syllable-timed
syllabicity,
syllabify,
syllabism,
syllabize,
syllable,
syllable-timed,
syllabogram,
syllabography,
syllabub,
syllabus,
syllepsis