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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Catalectic

· Cat·a·lec·tic · IPA
01 a. Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
  1. 1.
    Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.(Pros.)
  2. 2.
    Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.(Photog. & Chem.)