accentual

Definition of Accentual in English :

1. accentual

of or pertaining to accent or stress

2. accentual

(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity

Example Sentences:
'accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line'
'accentual rhythm'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Accentual

adjective

1.

of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic

2. prosody

of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllables

Compare quantitative (sense 3)

adjective

1.

of or having to do with accent

2.

having rhythm based on stress rather than on the number of syllables or length of sounds, as some poetry

adj.

1. Of or relating to accent.

2. Based on stress accents: accentual rhythm; accentual verse.