Definition of Catalectic. Meaning of Catalectic. Synonyms of Catalectic

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Definition of Catalectic

Catalectic
Catalectic Cat`a*lec"tic, a. [L. catalecticus, Gr. ? incomplete, fr. ? to leave off; kata` down, wholly + lh`gein to stop.] 1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse. 2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. --Abney.

Meaning of Catalectic from wikipedia

- A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. One form of catalexis is headlessness...
- classical trochaic tetrameter contains 16 syllables (15 syllables if catalectic). The rhythm of a line of an English trochaic tetrameter is: Using the...
- this case the metre is called "catalectic". For example, the following metre is known as a trochaic tetrameter catalectic (in Latin it is known as a trochaic...
- – | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | ⏓ – – | ( trimeter catalectic) | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | (dimeter) | ⏓ ⏓ ⏑ – | ⏓ – – | (dimeter catalectic) Uniquely among the classical Arabic...
- Philips had written a series of odes in a new prosody of seven-syllable catalectic trochaic tetrameter and dedicated it to "all ages and characters, from...
- was a combination of octameter acatalectic, heptameter catalectic, and tetrameter catalectic. The rhyme scheme is ABCBBB, or AA,B,CC,CB,B,B when accounting...
- limited significance or utility, at least by comparison to its antonym, catalectic, for the simple reason that acatalexis is considered to be the "usual...
- opening [o-.-] [o-.-] [o-.-] line 1 parodos 230–47 iambic tetrameter catalectic Chorus enters escorted by boys [o-.-] [o-.-] [o-.-] [o--](trochees are...
- variation on this metre was the iambic septenarius, or iambic tetrameter catalectic. This was similar but with the last syllable omitted. The example below...
- written in quatrains of iambic tetrameter for three lines, followed by a catalectic line of only three iambs, relates the story of a hopeless romantic who...