mora
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Is mora a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of mora?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (Scots law) A delay in bringing a claim.
2. (poetry) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.Examples: "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."
3. (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).Examples: "Instead of syllables, Japanese is supported by mora. (Tokyo is To-o-kyo-o, a four-mora word.) The word Nihongo consists of four morae, ni-ho-n-go, pronounced with four rhythmical units of sound."
noun (English)
1. (botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.Examples: "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."
noun (English)
1. (historical, military) An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.historical
noun (English)
1. (India) Alternative form of morah (“stool”).Indiaalt-ofalternative
Definition source: Wiktionary