tetrameter

te·tram·e·ter  (t-trm-tr)

n.

1. A line of verse consisting of four metrical feet.

2. A line of verse consisting of four measures of two feet each, especially one in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter in classical prosody.

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[Late Latin tetrametrus, from Greek tetrametron, from neuter of tetrametros, having four measures : tetra-, tetra- + -metron, measure; see -meter.]

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te·trame·ter adj.

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tetrameter [tet-tram-it-er]

Noun

1. Prosody a line of verse consisting of four metrical feet

2. verse consisting of such lines [Greek tetra- four + meter]

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tetrameter

1. a verse of four feet.
2. Classical Prosody. a verse consisting of four dipodies in trochaic, iambic, or anapestic meter. — tetrameter, adj.

See also: Verse

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Noun

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tetrameter - a verse line having four metrical feet verse line, verse - a line of metrical text