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Definition of Mora
1. n. A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.
2. n. A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
3. n. Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
Definition of Mora
1. Noun. (context: Scottish law) A delay in bringing a claim. ¹
2. Noun. (context: poetics) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry. ¹
3. Noun. (phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese). ¹
4. Noun. (botany) A genus of large South American trees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mora
1. a unit of metrical time in prosody [n -RAE or -RAS]
Medical Definition of Mora
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