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	BIPM - metre
		The 1889 definition of the metre, based on the international prototype of platinum-iridium, was replaced by the 11th CGPM (1960) using a definition based on the wavelength of krypton 86 radiation.
		The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
		The original international prototype of the metre, which was sanctioned by the 1st CGPM in 1889, is still kept at the BIPM under conditions specified in 1889.
	www.bipm.org /en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-1/metre.html (199 words)

	What is Metre?
		As used in church hymns, metre is simply the pattern of syllable counts in the lines of a verse.
		Common metre, short metre and long metre are almost always referred to by their letter abbreviations (CM, SM, LM).
		Other metres, of which there are many, are simply referred to by their pattern.
	www.cgmusic.com /library/whatis.htm (785 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Common Measure
		Of all the four-line stanzas (quatrains) the most popular is Common Measure, also known simply as the Ballad Stanza, though some writers may suggest a distinction both in strictness of metrical regularity and in terms of content, the Ballad Stanza being looser and usually a lengthy narrative (this distinction is not widely accepted).
		Common Measure is generally written in duple rhythm, either of offbeat-Beat or Beat-offbeat type, with alternating lines of four and three beats, rhyming ABCB.
		Common Measure has close relatives in several other forms, all discussed and exemplified in separate entries in the Literary Encyclopedia, as summarized here (subscript numbers indicate the number of beats in each line: the rhythms employed in these stanzas are almost always, but not invariably, duple rhythms):
	www.litencyc.com /php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1336 (279 words)

	Metre and Rhythm
		For if metre is not perceived in the same way by individuals in a group, and is not necessarily explicit in the music, then part of teaching ballet - which relies greatly on coherence between music and movement in groups - must be to "manage" the perception of metre[2].
		Metre is the term used to describe patterns of pulses defined by the prominence of some pulses (by means of accent, for example) over others.
		Whereas 9/8 (3+3+3) is a fairly common metre in Western music, a common Turkish metre, for example is 2+2+2+3, but this would be notated as 2+2+2+3, not 9/8, because Western musical notation assumes that each beat of the bar has equal value.
	www.jsmusic.org.uk /music/metre_index.html (4241 words)

	R Tsur on Comparative Metrics
		The occurrence of certain metres in certain languages may be determined by a wide variety of factors: the constraints of the specific languages, the aesthetic demand for unity and complexity which I assume (though cannot prove) to be universal, and many accidental factors which may be cultural, historical, or I don't know what.
		In the iambic, which is the metre most tolerant of deviations in all languages I know, there are frequently conflicting prominences: a stressed syllable in a weak position, and a long syllable in a strong position, or the other way around.
		In the ternary metres (dactyl, anapaest and amphibrach) Hungarian poets are more successful in preserving pure quantitative metre; the trochaic is somewhere in- between, nearer to their practice in the ternary metres.
	www2.bc.edu /~richarad/lcb/fea/tsurin/compmetrics.html (1825 words)

	Metre (music)
		Similarly, most classical music before the 20th century tended to stick to relatively straightforward metres such as 4/4, 3/4 and 6/8, though variations on these such as 3/2 and 6/4 are also found.
		By the 20th century, composers were using less regular metres, such as 5/4 and 7/8.
		Metre is often combined with a rhythmic pattern to produce a particular style.
	www.mp3.fm /Metre_(music).htm (781 words)

	Language and poetic metre
		I have analysed the regularities and idiosyncrasies in the verse structure of regilaulud (Kalevala metre songs) *1 from Kullamaa parish that were recorded in a phase of disintegration or alteration, and I have made an attempt to compare deviations from the classical regivärss with changes in the Estonian language that might have caused them.
		In case of accentual metre the rhythm is constructed by the regulated alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables, in durational metre long and short syllables alternate.
		But the role of word stress in Kalevala metre songs and the means of expressing it are still unclear and not thoroughly studied, because in case of songs, from among the possible means for expressing stress are chosen pitch to serve the melody, and length opposition to serve the metre.
	haldjas.folklore.ee /folklore/vol7/maripar.htm (5102 words)

	Guide to Verse Forms - Metre
		The metre is the rhythm of a poem.
		Repeating patterns in the metre are an important element - some would say the main element - in the structure of poetry.
		It is used widely in rhymed poetry; it is also the metre of blank verse e.g.
	www.noggs.dsl.pipex.com /vf/metre.htm (1124 words)

	Glossary
		Assay foot (metre, inch, centimetre) - The assay value multiplied by the number of feet, metres, inches, centimetres across which the sample is taken.
		Common stock - Shares in a company which have full voting rights which the holders use to control the company in common with each other.
		Tonnes-per-vertical-metre - Common unit used to describe the amount of ore in a deposit; ore length is multiplied by the width and divided by the appropriate rock factor to give the amount of ore for each vertical metre of depth.
	www.rmcgold.com /glossary.htm (9992 words)

	CommonDogViolet
		Common Dog Violet (V.rivinia), Sweet Violet (V.odorata), Hairy Violet (V.hirta), Early Dog Violet or Woodland Violet (V.Reichenbachiana or V.sylvestris) are all very closely related and all are found in woody habitats.
		Common Dog Violet can be a variable plant, which may either be hairless or slightly hairy.
		Common Dog Violet does does not have a rhizome by which it can spread itself, but instead it has adventitious buds on its roots, which can give rise to a new plant.
	www.the-tree.org.uk /EnchantedForest/WoodlandFlowers/commondogviolet.htm (590 words)

	:: comon :: related - ( common abbreviation aerial sensor texas application ...
		common ground a point or argument accepted by both sides in a dispute.
		common metre a hymn stanza of four lines with 8, 6, 8, and 6 syllables.
		Common Prayer the Church of England liturgy orig.
	www.spell-dictionary.com /db/comon (405 words)

	metre
		The stressed syllables in the line are the most 'important', and the number of stressed syllables is often taken as the 'trademark' of the line: the iambic pentameter (five stressed syllables followed by five unstressed syllables) is the most common metre found in English verse.
		It is common enough in free verse, and even ordinary speech.
		The usual way to record metre is to show stressed syllables as a forward stroke (/), and an unstressed line as a cross (x).
	www.benybont.co.uk /triolet/metre.htm (267 words)

	An Introduction to English-Language Folksong Style:: Metre, Phrasing, Rythym, and Form in LaRena Clark's ...
		Of the four metres, the simpler, namely, 2/4 and 6/8, are most frequent in LaRena' s repertoire and seem to predominate in the tradition as a whole.
		Returning to matters of metre, one can note that individual measures tend to be grouped two or four at a time to form phrases of melody which correspond to lines of text.
		Common to all three types of form is relative tonal instability in the middle of the tune.
	cjtm.icaap.org /content/17/v17art2.html (5207 words)

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		Originally indeed it had a much wider area, as it afterwards had again with the Alexandrian poets; it seems to have been the common metre for every kind of poetry which was neither purely lyrical on the one hand, nor on the other included in the definite scope of the heroic hexameter.
		The painted halls and colonnades, common in all Greek towns, had their stories told in verse below; there was hardly a statue or picture of any note that was not the subject of a short poem.
		The music of Pan, at which the rustle of the oakwood ceases and the waterfall from the cliff is silent and the faint bleating of the sheep dies away,[1] is the expression in an ancient language of the spirit of Nature, fixed and embodied by the enchanting touch of art.
	www.cumorah.com /etexts/7efgm10.txt (14862 words)

	Poetic Rhythm
		English Metre is normally based on the more or less regular alternation of a given pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
		Different metres are classified according to the kind of foot that predominates in a given piece of verse.
		Metre is a digital analysis imposed on analog material.
	bfewster.members.gn.apc.org /prospoet/rhythm.htm (963 words)

	Reuven Tsur and Yehosheva Bentov
		Consequently, hammitpaSSet metre constitutes a burden upon short-term memory for two reasons: it consists of two types of metric feet, and it is beginning-accented at two levels (in respect of the structure of the longer foot, and in respect of the grouping of feet together).
		Sometimes it is a variant of one of the classical metres, with a change in the order of feet, or the addition of one of its feet at the beginning or the end of the verse.
		As for the metres that are irrelevant to the classical metres, that show no signs of regular alternation of pegs and vowels, but rather display an eclectic mixture of prosodic elements, one may find a conspicuously small number of short beats (schwa or its allophones) in relatively long sequences of vowels.
	www.tau.ac.il /~tsurxx/TsurBentovEng._b2.html (10158 words)

	LAST LEYLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The first two Lothian Olympians, 666 and 667, were of the much more common '9.5 metre' length, 31 feet 4 inches long, with a wheelbase of 16 feet 3 inches.
		The '11 metre' (36 feet long) variety with ECW bodies used as commuter coaches by Invictaway, Eastern National and others, had the same chassis designation as the 10.3 metre version, but had an extra-long wheelbase (21 feet).
		In all three cases (9.5, 10.3, 11 metre lengths) the front and rear overhangs are the same.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /lastl/length.htm (293 words)

	CSO - Hymns and Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Precisely why 'Common Metre' is known as such is something of a mystery.
		It is sufficient to look up the metre in the metrical index of the book and any one of the tunes under that heading will fit the words in question.
		One final word: the same metre can exist in both iambic and trochaic form; in other words there is the same number of syllables involved, but the accentuation is different.
	www.whiteheath.demon.co.uk /cso/training/hymns.html (527 words)

	Introduction To First Series - Lyra Germanica
		In reading them it must be remembered that they are hymns, not sacred poems, though from their length and the intricacy of their metres, many of them may seem to English readers adapted rather to purposes of private than of public devotion.
		Luther's hymns are wanting in harmony and correctness of metre to a degree which often makes them jarring to our modern ears, but they re always full of fire and strength, of clear Christian faith, and brave joyful trust in God.
		In a few instances slight alterations have been made in the metre, when, as is the case with some excellent hymns in our own language, it is hardly grave and dignified enough for the poetry.
	www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /Text/introduction_to_first_series-lyra_germanica.htm (1931 words)

	Alula Records
		The runic-verse song-form (verse in the Kalevala metre) is common to the majority of Balto-Finnic cultures.
		Piece No. 1 introduces the oldest Estonian string instrument, the kannel, which is a traditional instrument common to the 10 cultures residing on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea.
		Bagpipes were not only used during various pagan rites, it was also the most common instrument for making dance music.
	www.alula.com /ALU31004.htm (605 words)

	Pali Prosody: Description of the Metres - The Bar Metres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		This appears to be the earliest of the bar metres, and indeed, is most probably a transitional metre between mattàchandas and gaõacchandas metres.
		Ariyà, which is the most common metre in this class, has the first pàdayuga described above followed by the second, this gives a mattà count of 30 + 27.
		The Veóha metre is normally composed of descriptive compounds (vaçõakas) of varying length.
	www.metta.lk /english/Prosody/Prosody2d.htm (801 words)

	Shooting rules - Handicapping, Grading
		Note: All targets that are shot under 15 metre (common mark) competition conditions are to be entered on the ACTA Shooters Record Book - with the exception of Eye-Openers (maximum of 10 targets), Double Rise and those shot "targets only".
		He shall be allowed to compete in his grade in common mark events and shall be allowed to compete in handicap events from the mark he claims to be his correct handicap.
		A one (1) metre inward movement will apply if a shooter's recorded percentage is less than 87% for 5 consecutive groups of 100 targets.
	www.mctc.org.au /hcgr.htm (1509 words)

	The square metre at TQ7828618846
		In general appearance the beetle is remarkably close to another ancient woodland saproxylic species, the fl-headed cardinal beetle, Pyrochroa coccinea, but it is only about half the size and the thorax fl instead of red.
		In the hottest part of the day the leaves on the ragwort Senecio jacobaea in The Metre all turn upside down, exposing the somewhat silvery underside to the sunshine and presumably thus reducing water loss.
		After flowering they will die and this is one of the best ways of getting rid of ragwort if you don't want it as the seeds normally only germinate in bare, scuffed ground (like overgrazed horse fields).
	squaremetre1.blogspot.com (2102 words)

	Wildlife of Sydney - Fact File - Common Bentwing Bat
		The Common Bentwing Bat prefers moist environments where it roosts in very large numbers in caves, old mines, stormwater tunnels and occasionally buildings.
		Females give birth to their young in summer and roost together in warm, humid maternity caves where there may be up to 3,000 young bats per square metre of ceiling.
		The number of Common Bentwing Bats is thought to have declined in southern Australia over the past 30 years as a result of disturbance of their roosting sites.
	faunanet.gov.au /wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=306 (184 words)

	Common Ground - July 2004 - The extended mind's sense of being stared at by Geoff Olson and Joseph Roberts
		Villa Dome Quixote is a 500 square metre dome complex in New Denver that started out as a proof of concept for the Canadian wooden domes project (CWD) developed and implemented by Salah Eldeib.
		Three spheroidal domes have the same 10 metre diameter and 5 metre rise, while the two-storey, paraboloid central dome has a diameter of 10 metres and a rise of 9 metres.
		This fall, a 7.5 metre dome will be tested to failure in the new UBC structural lab.
	www.commonground.ca /iss/0409158/cg158_HiTechDomes.shtml (947 words)

	Metrical psalms: the words (Brooke-Taylor 1994)
		Common metre was chosen because it fits the English language, is easy to sing and provides plenty of tunes.
		Verse from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries often does not scan because the 'ed' on the end of words was pronounced as a separate syllable instead of being run into the previous one as it usually is now.
		Particularly attractive are Psalm 139 in Long Metre and Psalm 148 in the metre customary for that psalm.
	www.psalmody.co.uk /articles/BTaylor96.html (3603 words)

	What Sprung Rhythm Really Is (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		In dipodic metre there can be two, three, or four syllables, with one primary and one secondary stress.
		This is the common metre of Beowulf (as John C. Pope argued in 1942) and of Piers Plowman (according to George R. Stewart, Jr, in 1927).
		The second part, a full forty pages, is devoted to an analysis of 'The Windhover.' Metre and meaning are kept in tactful balance, the one justifying or elucidating the other.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/utq/581/581_review_lock.html (735 words)

	Ancient Sanskrit Online
		The metre is triṣṭubh, verses of four lines of eleven syllables each, which is the most common metre in the Rigveda.
		The metre tells us that this was pronounced as three syllables, restored in the verse line (siyāma).
		The third person singular imperative in the first line of verse 3, ástu, is also a common form: táva tát satyám astu 'of you may it be true'.
	www.utexas.edu /cola/centers/lrc/eieol/vedol-1-X.html (2837 words)

	Hymns of Wesley and Watts: Five Papers \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		There are common metre, long metre, short metre, double short metre, 6.8s, 7s, 8s and 6s, 6s and 8s, 7s and 6s, 10S and 11S, 4.6s and 2.8s, 8s, 5s and I IS, 2.6s and 4.7s (to take a few examples) and the large number lumped together, very properly, as peculiar metre.
		The metre most familiar to most of us is, I suppose, iambic: in this metre the line is divided into pairs of syllables with the stress falling on the second syllable.
		The metre 2.6s and 4.7s is so artificial as to be at first, even in Wesley’s hands, slightly irritating and precious; but once you have made yourself familiar with it (especially if you have taken the trouble to see precisely what Wesley is doing) it holds you.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/manning/wesleyhymns.P3.html (4489 words)

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