tetrameter
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te·tram·e·ter
(tĕ-trăm′ĭ-tər)n.
1.
a. Verse written in lines of four metrical feet.
b. A single line of such verse.
2.
a. Classical quantitative verse consisting of four measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter.
b. A single line of such verse.
[Late Latin tetrametrus, from Greek tetrametron, from neuter of tetrametros, having four measures : tetra-, tetra- + -metron, measure; see -meter.]
te·tram′e·ter adj.
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tetrameter
(tɛˈtræmɪtə)n
1. (Poetry) a line of verse consisting of four metrical feet
2. (Poetry) a verse composed of such lines
3. (Poetry) (in classical prosody) a line of verse composed of four dipodies
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te•tram•e•ter
(tɛˈtræm ɪ tər)n.
1. a verse of four feet.
2. a line of classical verse consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter.
adj. 3. consisting of four metrical feet.
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tetrameter
1. a verse of four feet.
2. Classical Prosody. a verse consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter. — tetrameter, adj.
See also: Verse2. Classical Prosody. a verse consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter. — tetrameter, adj.
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tetrameter
A meter of four feet to the line.
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tetrameter
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