Explore Dactyls through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dactyls meaning
plural of dactyl
Using Dactyls
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of dactyl
Context around Dactyls
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dactyls
- In this selection, "dactyls" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mythological, two and followed stand out and add context to how "dactyls" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include contains two dactyls followed by and the mythological dactyls. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dactyls" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dactyls
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The two largest imaged craters on Dactyl were named Acmon and Celmis, after two of the mythological dactyls. (18 words)
They create tension in the Sourdough chapter from Adventures of a Bachelor, through the alternation of trochees and dactyls. (19 words)
This was a line of verse, made up of two equal parts, each of which contains two dactyls followed by a long syllable, which counts as a half foot. (29 words)
Structure The Aeneid, like other classical epics, is written in dactylic hexameter : each line consists of six metrical feet made up of dactyls (one long syllable followed by two short syllables) and spondees (two long syllables). (36 words)
This was a line of verse, made up of two equal parts, each of which contains two dactyls followed by a long syllable, which counts as a half foot. (29 words)
They create tension in the Sourdough chapter from Adventures of a Bachelor, through the alternation of trochees and dactyls. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
Structure The Aeneid, like other classical epics, is written in dactylic hexameter : each line consists of six metrical feet made up of dactyls (one long syllable followed by two short syllables) and spondees (two long syllables).
The two largest imaged craters on Dactyl were named Acmon and Celmis, after two of the mythological dactyls.
They create tension in the Sourdough chapter from Adventures of a Bachelor, through the alternation of trochees and dactyls.
This was a line of verse, made up of two equal parts, each of which contains two dactyls followed by a long syllable, which counts as a half foot.