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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
metrical
    adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the
           metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metric,
           metrical]
    2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured,
       metrical, metric]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Metrical \Met"ric*al\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter;
      consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard,
      etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the
      metric system.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Algometer \Al*gom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? pain + -meter.] (Psychol.)
   An instrument for measuring sensations of pain due to
   pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is
   pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try, n. --
   Al`go*met"ric, *met"ric*al, a. -- Al`go*met"ric*al*ly,
   adv.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Thesaurus Results for metrical:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
antispastic, approximative, beating, cadenced, cadent, chorographic, dactylic, estimative, hypsographic, iambic, in numbers, in rhythm, measured, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, metric, numerative, oceanographic, prosodic, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, pyrrhic, quantitative, rhythmic, scanning, spondaic, throbbing, topographic, trochaic, valuational, valuative
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