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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
met·ri·cal       [me-tri-kuhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
2.composed in meter or verse.
3.pertaining to measurement.
Also, metric.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < LL metric(us) (see metric2) + -al1]

—Related forms
met·ri·cal·ly, adverb
met·ri·cism       [me-truh-siz-uhm] Pronunciation Key, me·tric·i·ty       [me-tris-i-tee, mi-] Pronunciation Key, noun
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met·ri·cal       (mět'rĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or composed in poetic meter: metrical verse; five metrical units in a line.
  2. Of or relating to measurement.


[Middle English, from Latin metricus, from Greek metrikos, from metron, measure, poetic meter; see mē-2 in Indo-European roots.]

met'ri·cal·ly adv.
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metrical 
"pertaining to versification," 1432, from L. metricus "metrical," from Gk. metrikos, from metron "poetic meter."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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metrical

adjective
1. based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metric] 
2. the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Metrical

Met"ric*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.

2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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