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amphibrach

 

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Noun amphibrach has 1 sense
  1. amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
    --1 is a kind of
    metrical foot, foot, metrical unit

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Amphibrach

Description:

An amphibrach is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables, often used in poetry or verse.

Sense 1:

Noun - Linguistics

In linguistics, an amphibrach refers to a metrical unit in a line of verse or a pattern of syllables with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable and then another unstressed syllable.

Example sentence: "The word 'elephant' consists of an amphibrach with the syllables ele-PHANT."

Sense 2:

Noun - Botany

In botany, an amphibrach is a type of circumbinary disk that forms around a close pair of protostars during the early stages of stellar formation.

Example sentence: "The formation of an amphibrach around the binary system can have a significant impact on the eventual planetary formation."

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