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
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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
The completion of the evidence requires a quantitative analysis of the temporal relations presented by the whole sequence of integrated measures which compose the common verse forms: dimeter, trimeter, etc.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
A line containing two feet is called dimeter.
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
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