dimeter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dimeter
1580–90; < Late Latin dimeter < Greek dímetros of two measures, a dimeter, equivalent to di- di- 1 + -metros, adj. derivative of métron meter 1
Example Sentences
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A circular table has a dimeter of 100 inches.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2018
But the dimeter rhythm gives the poem a gusty, bouncing pace, the staccato verses succeeding each other like short sharp flurries of March wind.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2010
Monometer, dimeter, and trimeter are not often used for a whole stanza; but they are frequently found in a stanza, introducing variety into it.
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
It might be described as an iambic hepthemimer followed by a trochaic dimeter brachycatalectic.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
It might of course be easy to pick out anticipations in part of this combination of iambic dimeter, trochaic, and anapæstic; but it never had taken thorough form before.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
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