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Definition of catalectic:

(adj) : (prosody) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
(n) : (poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
(adj) : incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance

Definition of catalectic:

(adj) : (prosody) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
(n) : (poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
(adj) : incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance

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