mora

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English - Turkish

Definition of mora in English Turkish dictionary

common mora
(Denizbilim) mora moro
Turkish - Turkish
Akdeniz'de yaşayan kemikli balık
Ahududu
Böğürtlen
Yabani çilek
çilek
English - English
A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry

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.

A genus of large South American trees

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.

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)
A delay in bringing a claim
Delay; esp
{i} unit of time equal to the voicing of a short sound or one syllable
A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture
A unit of sound used in phonology, by which stress or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese)
culpable delay; postponement
A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, much played by Italians of the lower classes
mora

    Hyphenation

    mo·ra

    Turkish pronunciation

    môrı

    Pronunciation

    /ˈmôrə/ /ˈmɔːrə/

    Etymology

    [ 'mOr-&, 'mor- ] (noun.) 1832. From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
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