Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
analysis of verse into metrical patterns;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scansion \Scan"sion\, n. [L. scansio, fr. scandere, scansum, to
climb. See Scan.] (Pros.)
The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a
verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scansion
n 1: analysis of verse into metrical patterns
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "scansion":
Stabreim, alliterative meter, blocking, detailing, enumeration,
itemization, measure, meter, metrical pattern, metrics, numbers,
parsing, prosodic pattern, prosody, quantitative meter, resolution,
scanning, schematization, syllabic meter, vers libre,
versification