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dim·e·ter
(dĭm′ĭ-tər)n.
1.
a. Verse written in lines of two metrical feet.
b. A single line of such verse.
2.
a. Classical quantitative verse consisting of two measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter.
b. A single line of such verse.
[Late Latin dimeter, dimetrus, having two verses, from Greek dimetros : di-, two; see di-1 + metron, meter; see meter1.]
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dimeter
(ˈdɪmɪtə)n
(Poetry) prosody a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet or a verse written in this metre
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dim•e•ter
(ˈdɪm ɪ tər)n.
a verse or line of two measures or feet.
[1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek dímetros of two measures, a dimeter =di- di-1 + -metros, adj. derivative of métron meter1]
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