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Webster 1913 Edition


Dimeter

Dim′e-ter

,
Adj.
[L.
dimeter
, Gr. [GREEK];
δι-
=
δίσ-
twice + [GREEK] measure.]
Having two poetical measures or meters.
Noun.
A verse of two meters.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dimeter

DIMETER

,
Adj.
[L.] Having two poetical measures.

DIMETER

,
Noun.
A verse of two measures.

Definition 2024


dimeter

dimeter

English

Noun

dimeter (plural dimeters)

  1. (poetry) A line in a poem having two metrical feet.
  2. (poetry) A poetic metre in which each line has two feet.

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