What is the meaning of accentual?

adjective

  • Of or pertaining to accent or stress.
  • Of verse. ( having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity)
    • usage: "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm"
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