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scansion

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scansion /ˈskanʃ(ə)n/

▶noun the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.

■ the rhythm of a line of verse.

– origin C17: from L. scansio(n-), from scandere ‘to climb’; cf. scan.

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