metrical structure

noun

The pattern of the beats in a piece of music, which includes meter, tempo, and all other rhythmic aspects.

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Meanings

nounmetrical structure (countable and uncountable, plural metrical structures)

plural metrical structures

  1. countableuncountableThe pattern of the beats in a piece of music, which includes meter, tempo, and all other rhythmic aspects.
  2. countableuncountableThe pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
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