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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. based on the meter as a standard of measurement;
- Example: "the metric system"
- Example: "metrical equivalents"
[syn: metric, metrical]

2. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables;
[syn: measured, metrical, metric]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metrical \Met"ric*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Algometer \Al*gom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? pain + -meter.] (Psychol.) An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try, n. -- Al`go*met"ric, *met"ric*al, a. -- Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metrical adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metric, metrical] 2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured, metrical, metric]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "metrical": antispastic, approximative, beating, cadenced, cadent, chorographic, dactylic, estimative, hypsographic, iambic, in numbers, in rhythm, measured, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, metric, numerative, oceanographic, prosodic, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantitative, rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, throbbing, topographic, trochaic, valuational, valuative