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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cat·a·lec·tic /ˌkætəˈlɛktɪk/
 (a.)音步不完全的,最後音步缺少一音節的此種韻詩,不完整詩行

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cat·a·lec·tic a.
 1. Pros. Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
 2. Photog. & Chem. Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 catalectic
      adj : (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or
            more syllables in the final metrical foot [ant: hypercatalectic,
             acatalectic]