scansion — [ skɑ̃sjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1741; lat. scansio 1 ♦ Didact. Action, manière de scander (un vers). 2 ♦ Pathol. Trouble de la prononciation qui consiste à mettre l accent sur certaines syllabes. ● scansion nom féminin (latin scansio, onis) Action ou… … Encyclopédie Universelle
escansión — (Del lat. scansio, onis.) ► sustantivo femenino POESÍA Medida de los versos: ■ un buen poeta no debe cometer errores en la escansión de su poesía. * * * escansión (del lat. «scansĭo, ōnis») 1 f. Métr. Medición de un verso. ⊚ Métr. División de un… … Enciclopedia Universal
Scansion — Scan sion, n. [L. scansio, fr. scandere, scansum, to climb. See {Scan}.] (Pros.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scansion — noun Etymology: Late Latin scansion , scansio, from Latin, act of climbing, from scandere Date: 1671 the analysis of verse to show its meter … New Collegiate Dictionary
Scantling — is a measurement of prescribed size, dimensions, or cross sectional areas.hippingIn shipbuilding, the scantling refers to the collective dimensions of the various parts, particularly the framing and structural supports. The word is most often… … Wikipedia
scansion — /skan sheuhn/, n. Pros. the metrical analysis of verse. The usual marks for scansion are breve for a short or unaccented syllable, ¯ or for a long or accented syllable, ^ for a rest, | for a foot division, and || for a caesura or pause. [1645 55; … Universalium
scansione — /skan sjone/ s.f. [dal lat. scansio onis, propr. salita, ascesa e sollevamento di un piede, innalzamento della voce (come avviene nelle arsi di un verso)]. 1. a. (metr.) [presso i grammatici latini, lettura dei versi eseguita facendo sentire l… … Enciclopedia Italiana
Skansion — Skan|si|on die; , en <aus lat. scansio »das Steigen« zu scandere, vgl. ↑skandieren> (veraltet) Messung eines Verses, Bestimmung des Versmaßes; das Skandieren … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
scan — [14] Latin scandere meant ‘climb’ (it has given English ascend and descend). In the postclassical period it was used metaphorically for ‘analyse the rising and falling rhythm of poetry’, and it was in this sense that it passed into English as… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
scansion — (n.) 1670s, action of marking off of verse in metric feet, from L.L. scansionem (nom. scansio), from L., act of climbing, from scandere to climb (see SCAN (Cf. scan) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
scansion — [ skanʃ(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 … English new terms dictionary