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Definition of: amphibrach
(am′fə·brak) noun
In prosody, a metrical foot, consisting of a long or accented syllable between two short or unaccented ones (˘ ¯ ˘). [<L amphibrachys <Gk. <amphi- at both ends + brachys short]
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