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Catalunya
catalyse
catalysis
catalyst
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catalectic

cat·a·lec·tic [ kàtt'l éktik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
metrically incomplete: lacking one syllable in the final foot of a line of verse



noun  (plural cat·a·lec·tics)
Definition:
 
metrically incomplete verse line: a line of verse that lacks one syllable in the final foot

[Late 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek katalēktikos "incomplete"]
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