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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or pertaining to accent or stress;

2. (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity;
- Example: "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"
- Example: "accentual rhythm"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Accentual \Ac*cen"tu*al\, a. Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accentual adj 1: of or pertaining to accent or stress 2: (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm" [ant: quantitative, syllabic]