Usually means: Analysis of verse for meter.
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  1. scansion: Merriam-Webster
  2. scansion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scansion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scansion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scansion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scansion, scansion: Wordnik
  7. scansion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scansion: Wiktionary
  9. scansion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scansion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. scansion: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. scansion: Dictionary.com
  13. scansion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Scansion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Scansion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. scansion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. scansion: Rhymezone
  18. Scansion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. scansion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. scansion: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. scansion: FreeDictionary.org
  22. scansion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. scansion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SCANSION: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scansion: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scansion: The Folk File

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The rhythm or meter of a line or verse.
noun:  The act of analysing the meter of poetry.
verb:  (of text) Put into a rhythmic form or meter.
verb:  (by extension) Impose patterns on.

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