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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Catalectic \Cat`a*lec"tic\, a. [L. catalecticus Gr ? incomplete, fr ? to leave off kata` down wholly + lh`gein to stop.] 1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end or terminating in an imperfect foot; as a catalectic verse. 2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. --Abney. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: catalectic adj : (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot [ant: {hypercatalectic}, {acatalectic}]
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