Definitions for pentameter
pɛnˈtæm ɪ tərpen·tame·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pentameternoun

   a verse line having five metrical feet

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pentameternoun

   A line in a poem having five metrical feet.

2. pentameternoun

   Poetic metre in which each line has five feet.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pentameternoun

   A Latin verse of five feet.

   Etymology: pentametre, Fr. pentametrum, Lat.

   Mr. Distich may possibly play some pentameters upon us, but he shall be answered in Alexandrines. Addison.

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1. Pentameter

   Pentameter (Ancient Greek: πεντάμετρος, 'measuring five (feet)') is a poetic meter. А poem is said to be written in a particular pentameter when the lines of the poem have the length of five feet, where a 'foot' is a combination of a particular number (1 or 2) of unstressed (or weak) syllables and a stressed (or strong) syllable. Depending on the pattern of feet, pentameter can be iambic (one of three two-syllable meters alongside trochaic and spondaic) or dactylic (one of two three-syllable meters alongside anapestic).

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1. pentameter

   Pentameter is a type of poetic meter consisting of five metrical feet, or five sets of unstressed/stressed syllables, in each line of a poem. This structure is commonly used in various forms of poetry, most notably in sonnets and blank verse. Each of the metrical foot can have either two or three syllables, thus making the total count to 10 or more syllables in a line. The most common form of pentameter in English poetry is iambic pentameter, which consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pentameternoun

   a verse of five feet

2. Pentameteradjective

   having five metrical feet

3. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. ; (see Penta-) + measure.]

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1. Pentameter

   Pentameter is a poetic meter. А poem is said to be written in pentameter when the lines of the poem have the length of five feet, one foot being a combination of a particular number of unstressed, or weak, syllables and a stressed, or strong syllable. Depending on the pattern of feet, pentameter can be, for example, iambic or dactylic. This class of meters includes: ⁕the iambic pentameter of the modern period ⁕the dactylic pentameter of antiquity

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1. Pentameter

   pen-tam′e-tėr, n. a verse of five measures or feet.—adj. having five feet.—Elegiac pentameter, a verse of six dactylic feet, the third and sixth with the first member only; Iambic pentameter, in English, heroic couplets and blank verse. [Gr. pentametros—pente, five, metron, a measure.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pentameter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pentameter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pentameter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pentameter
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pentameter
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentameter
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pentameter
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pentameter
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pentameter