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Answer for the clue "Musical stress ", 5 letters:
ictus

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n. (context rare English) (plural of ictus English)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
verse stress, 1752, from Latin ictus "a blow, stroke, thrust," of voices "a beat, impulse, stress," from icere "to strike, hit," related to iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)).

Usage examples of ictus.

She could only repeat her demand, in a cry that reached its ictus in a sob.