scansion

Meaning of scansion

noun
  1. the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.
    the verse defies easy scansion

mid 17th century: from Latin scansio(n- ), from scandere ‘to climb’; compare with scan.

Information about scansion

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of scansion is: scansions.
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Hyphenation of scansion

scan-sion

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • scansion is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of scansion

Cnossian

Words that rhyme with scansion

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