Stanza

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstænzÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ænzÉ™

Origin

From Italian stanza.

Full definition of stanza

Noun

1. A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.
2. (architecture) An apartment or division in a building.
3. (computing) A structural element in XML
• 2009, Tim Riley, Adam Goucher, Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve SoftwareWhenever an XMPP client generates an XML stanza, it typically constructs the XML of the stanza by building up a structured document...
• 2009, John Rittinghouse, James F. Ransome, Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and SecurityTechnically speaking, federation is the ability for two XMPP servers in different domains to exchange XML stanzas.

Derived terms

• stanzaic

Anagrams

• ansatz