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dimeter

[ dim-i-ter ]
/ ˈdɪm ɪ tər /

noun Prosody.

a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.

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Origin of dimeter

1580–90; <Late Latin dimeter<Greek dímetros of two measures, a dimeter, equivalent to di-di-1 + -metros, adj. derivative of métronmeter1

Words nearby dimeter

dimercaprol, dimerize, dimerous, dime store, Dimetane, dimeter, dimethoate, dimethoxymethane, dimethyl, dimethylanthranilate, dimethylbenzene
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Example sentences from the Web for dimeter

  • There are in both three series of iambuses—the dimeter, the cataleptic trimeter, and the acataleptic.

    Myth and Science|Tito Vignoli

British Dictionary definitions for dimeter

dimeter
/ (ˈdɪmɪtə) /

noun

prosody a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet or a verse written in this metre
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