dactyl

Noun

Meaning

A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.

A finger or toe; a digit.

The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

digit finger toe numbers phalanx measure foot rhythm meter accent appendage alexandrine pentameter ictus accentuation
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Hypernyms

member foot extremity appendage metrical foot metrical unit

Hyponyms

finger toe minimus

Related terms

dactylic polydactyl

Examples

Dactyl is heavily cratered, like Ida, and consists of similar materials. Source: Internet

Dactyl shares many characteristics with Ida. Source: Internet

From subsequent analysis of this data, Dactyl appears to be an SII subtype S type asteroid, and is spectrally different from 243 Ida. Source: Internet

In strict dactylic hexameter, each of these feet would be a dactyl (a long and two short syllables), but classical meter allows for the substitution of a spondee (two long syllables) in place of a dactyl in most positions. Source: Internet

Dactyl, a system for manipulating objects, uses a ShadowRobot Dexterous hand made in the UK to hold a 3D-printed and spraypainted block, as seen in this photo provided July 30, 2018. Source: Internet

Dactyl uses the same general-purpose reinforcement learning algorithm and code as OpenAI Five. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dacryphilia dactile dactinomycin dactyl- dactylaplasia dactylar