"stress timing" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} stress timing (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics, phonetics) A type of isochrony in a language such that syllables may last different amounts of time, but there is a fairly constant amount of time between consecutive stressed syllables. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics Related terms: stress-timed
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