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Word: Mora
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century. From classical Latin mora delay, (in legal context) delay in fulfilling a legal duty, (in grammar) pause in speech or verse generally indicated by punctuation, sustaining of the voice in the pronunciation of a syllable, cognate with Early Irish maraid remains
Undue delay in the assertion of a claim, etc.
A unit of metrical time equal to the duration of a short syllable.
The smallest or basic unit of duration of a speech sound.
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