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mo⋅ra

[mawr-uh, mohr-uh]
–noun, plural mo⋅rae [mawr-ee, mohr-ee] , mo⋅ras. Prosody.
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.

Origin:
1560–70; < L: delay, hence, space of time
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mo·ra   (môr'ə, mōr'ə)   
n.   pl. mo·rae (môr'ē, mōr'ē) or mo·ras
The minimal unit of metrical time in quantitative verse, equal to the short syllable.

[Latin, pause.]
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