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syllable-timed

[ sil-uh-buh l-tahymd ]
/ ˈsɪl ə bəlˌtaɪmd /

adjective Phonetics. (of a language)

having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.

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Nearby words

  1. syllabicity,
  2. syllabify,
  3. syllabism,
  4. syllabize,
  5. syllable,
  6. syllabogram,
  7. syllabography,
  8. syllabub,
  9. syllabus,
  10. syllepsis
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