stanza

Definition

A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

Etymology

From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance.

Example Sentences

• "Definition of XML Stanza: An XML stanza is the basic unit of meaning in XMPP."
• "Whenever an XMPP client generates an XML stanza, it typically constructs the XML of the stanza by building up a structured document […]"
• "Technically speaking, federation is the ability for two XMPP servers in different domains to exchange XML stanzas."

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