1. a unit of sound used in prosody equal to the length of a short syllable
Usage: linguistics; prosody
2. a delay in the performance of a legal obligation
Usage: legal

Examples

• In Japanese, each mora takes roughly the same amount of time to pronounce.
• The word ‘Tokyo’ consists of four morae in Japanese phonology.
• Classical Latin poetry was based on patterns of long and short morae.
• The debtor was held liable for damages due to mora in payment.
• Legal mora occurs when a party fails to perform their contractual duties on time.
• Linguists use the concept of mora to analyze syllable weight in various languages.