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(poetry) (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. examples
incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance quotations examples
The process is not practised to any extent , but is a curious example of a catalectic action started by the impact of light
1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography
plural catalectics
(poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot. examples