trimeter

[ trim-i-ter ]

/ ˈtrɪm ɪ tər /

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noun

a verse of three measures or feet.

adjective

consisting of three measures or feet.

Classical Prosody. composed of six feet or three dipodies.

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Origin of trimeter

1560–70; <Latin trimetrus having three measures <Greek trímetros.See tri-, meter²

Words nearby trimeter

trime, trimer, trimerous, trimester, trimetallic, trimeter, trimethadione, trimethoprim, trimethylene, trimethylglycine, trimetric

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How to use trimeter in a sentence

A stanza made up of tetrameter alternating with trimeter is very common.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The heptameter is usually divided into a tetrameter and a trimeter; the octameter, into two tetrameters.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
The metres employed by Epicharmus were iambic trimeter, and especially trochaic and anapaestic tetrameter.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
The common-meter stanza contains four iambic lines, the first and third being tetrameter, and the second and fourth trimeter.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism|F. V. N. Painter

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 trimeter

trimeter

/ (ˈtrɪmɪtə) prosody /

noun

a verse line consisting of three metrical feet

adjective

designating such a line

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