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   met·ri·cal

   /ˈmetrək(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or composed in poetic meter: "metrical translations of the Psalms"
   • 2. of or involving measurement: "a metrical analysis of male and female scapulae"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Latin from Greek metrikos (from metron: see metre2) + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. metrically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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