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
So we have dactylic hexameter, trochaic pentameter, iambic trimeter, anapestic dimeter, etc.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
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 Münsterberg, Hugo
It is written in dimeter iambics, an easier measure than the hexameter, and therefore more within the reduced capacity of the time.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
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