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Definition of 'mora'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(Scottish law) A delay in bringing a claim.
(poetics) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
* 1918 , Elcanon Isaacs, “The Metrical Basis of Hebrew Poetry”, in The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures , volume 35, page 22 :
- In the quantitative meters in Sanskrit a heavy syllable is considered to be equal to two morae' and a light syllable equivalent to one ' mora .
(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
See also
* syllable
Derived terms
* bimoraic
* monomoraic
* moraic
* moraically
* nonmoraic
Etymology 2
New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.
Noun
( en-noun)
(botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
* 1904 , W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions, A Romance of the Tropical Forest
- At length, somewhere about the centre of the wood, she led me to an immense mora tree, growing almost isolated, covering with its shade a large space of ground entirely free from undergrowth.
Etymology 3
Noun
( en-noun)
Any fish of the genus Mora
# The common mora
Synonyms
* (common mora) ribaldo, (goodly-eyed cod) (US), (googly-eyed cod) (NZ)
Etymology 4
Noun
(-)
(finger-counting game)
Etymology 5
From the (etyl) .
Noun
(morai)
An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
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