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Dactyl | Dactylic | Dactyls

Dactyl meaning

A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.

Synonyms of Dactyl

metrical foot foot metrical unit digit extremity appendage member

Related words

Other words often associated with Dactyl or its synonyms:

part measure portion cadence metre beat meter hardship support base component head

Using Dactyl

  • The main meaning on this page is: A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
  • Useful related words include: metrical foot, foot, metrical unit, digit.
  • In the example corpus, dactyl often appears in combinations such as: of dactyl, dactyl around, dactyl may.

Context around Dactyl

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ida 1× data 1× seen 1× moon 1×

Often after:

may 2× shares 1× appears 1×

Sentence patterns with Dactyl

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

is a dactyl the two 2× around ida dactyl s orbit 1× be a dactyl a long 1× by a dactyl then two 1× craters on dactyl were named 1× dactyl is heavily 1× dactyl may have 1× dactyl shares many 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a hendecasyllabic is 1× dactyl is heavily 1× dactyl may have 1× dactyl shares many 1× from subsequent analysis 1× galileo recorded 47 1×

Common sentence endings:

same word unit 2× about 20 hours 1× characteristics with ida 1× from 243 ida 1× in august 1993 1× in most positions 1×

Words around Dactyl

Just before it in the word index:

dacs 9 dacron 4 dacres 12 dacre 30 dacotah 4 dacosta 21

Just after it in the word index:

dactylic 14 dactyls 4 dacula 4 dacuma 3 dacus 14 dad 4.135

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Dactyl

  • In this selection, "dactyl" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ida, data, seen, may, shares and appears stand out and add context to how "dactyl" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include is a dactyl the two and around ida dactyl s orbit. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dactyl" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dactyl

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Dactyl shares many characteristics with Ida. (6 words)

The bright dot to the right is its moon, Dactyl. (10 words)

Dactyl is heavily cratered, like Ida, and consists of similar materials. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

In strict dactylic hexameter, each of these feet would be a dactyl (a long and two short syllables), but classical meter allows for the substitution of a spondee (two long syllables) in place of a dactyl in most positions. (39 words)

The second, known as Hermann's Bridge, is the same rule in the fourth foot: if the fourth foot is a dactyl, the two short syllables generally will be part of the same word-unit. (35 words)

The first, known as Meyer's Bridge (or Law), is in the second foot: if the second foot is a dactyl, the two short syllables generally will be part of the same word-unit. (34 words)

Example sentences (15)

In strict dactylic hexameter, each of these feet would be a dactyl (a long and two short syllables), but classical meter allows for the substitution of a spondee (two long syllables) in place of a dactyl in most positions.

The craters are 300 and 200 meters in diameter, respectively. citation Orbit Diagram of potential orbits of Dactyl around Ida Dactyl's orbit around Ida is not precisely known.

A hendecasyllabic is a line with a never-varying structure: two trochees, followed by a dactyl, then two more trochees.

Dactyl is heavily cratered, like Ida, and consists of similar materials.

Dactyl may have suffered a major impact around 100 million years ago, which reduced its size.

Dactyl shares many characteristics with Ida.

From subsequent analysis of this data, Dactyl appears to be an SII subtype S type asteroid, and is spectrally different from 243 Ida.

Galileo recorded 47 images of Dactyl over an observation period of 5.5 hours in August 1993.

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If in a circular orbit at the distance at which it was seen, Dactyl's orbital period is about 20 hours.

It is hypothesized that Dactyl may have been produced by partial melting within a Koronis parent body, while the 243 Ida region escaped such igneous processing.

The bright dot to the right is its moon, Dactyl.

The fifth foot is frequently a dactyl (around 95% of the time in Homer).

The first, known as Meyer's Bridge (or Law), is in the second foot: if the second foot is a dactyl, the two short syllables generally will be part of the same word-unit.

The second, known as Hermann's Bridge, is the same rule in the fourth foot: if the fourth foot is a dactyl, the two short syllables generally will be part of the same word-unit.

The two largest imaged craters on Dactyl were named Acmon and Celmis, after two of the mythological dactyls.

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Common combinations with dactyl

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dactyl" in a sentence?
An example: "In strict dactylic hexameter, each of these feet would be a dactyl (a long and two short syllables), but classical meter allows for the substitution of a spondee (two long syllables) in place of a dactyl in most positions." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dactyl" from authentic English texts.
What does "dactyl" mean?
Dactyl means: A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
What are synonyms of "dactyl"?
Common synonyms of "dactyl" include: metrical foot, foot, metrical unit, digit, extremity, appendage, member.
How many example sentences with "dactyl" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dactyl", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.