accentual

adjective ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about accentual at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Of or pertaining to accent or stress.
2. (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity.

   accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line