In Shakespeare's works, what does the term 'trochee' refer to in poetic meter?

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A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllableA metrical foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable, the reverse of an iambA single syllable representing an entire metrical footNone of these descriptions are correct

Explanation

A trochee is a metrical foot characterized by a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one, which is the opposite pattern of an iamb that has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.