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tetrameter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tetrameter has 1 sense
- tetrameter(n = noun.communication) Array - a verse line having four metrical feet; Array is a kind of verse, verse line
Derived form adjective tetrametric1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tetrameter, n. [L. tetrametrus, Gr. ; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + a measure: cf. F. tétramètre.].
A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in other kinds of verse, of four feet. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tetrameter, n. Prosody a verse of four measures.
Etymology
LL tetrametrus f. Gk tetrametros (as TETRA-, metron measure)
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