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ˈdɪm ɪ tərdime·ter

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  1. dimeternoun

    A line in a poem having two metrical feet.

  2. dimeternoun

    A poetic metre in which each line has two feet.

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  1. Dimeter

    In poetry, a dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet. The particular foot can vary. Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs:", in which the first line of a pair is of two feet, each composed of three syllables, and the subsequent line is of two feet, each of two syllables. Take her up \\ tenderly, Lift her \\ with care, Fashioned so \\ slenderly, Young and \\ so fair.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dimeteradjective

    having two poetical measures or meters

  2. Dimeternoun

    a verse of two meters

  3. Etymology: [L. dimeter, Gr. ; di- = di`s- twice + measure.]

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  1. Dimeter

    In poetry, a dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet. The particular foot, of course, can vary. Consider Thomas Hood's "Bridge of Sighs:", in which the lines are of two feet, each composed of three syllables: Also, the first line of William Wordsworth's "We Are Seven":

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dimeter

    dim′e-tėr, adj. containing two metres or measures.—n. a verse of two measures. [L.,—Gr. dimetrosdi-, twice, metron, a measure.]

Anagrams for dimeter »

  1. merited

  2. mitered

  3. demerit

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dimeter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dimeter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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