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1 a
(1): the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse
(2): the longer part of a poetic foot especially in quantitative verse b: the accented part of a musical measure : downbeat
— compare arsis2 a: a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument b: a proposition to be proved or one advanced without proof : hypothesis3: the first and least adequate stage of dialectic
— compare synthesis4: a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view
; especially : one written by a candidate for an academic degree
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