pentameter
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pen·tam·e·ter
(pĕn-tăm′ĭ-tər)n.
1. Verse written in lines of five metrical feet.
2. A single line of such verse.
[Latin, from Greek pentametros : penta-, penta- + metron, measure; see meter1.]
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pentameter
(pɛnˈtæmɪtə)n
1. (Poetry) a verse line consisting of five metrical feet
2. (Poetry) (in classical prosody) a verse line consisting of two dactyls, one stressed syllable, two dactyls, and a final stressed syllable
adj
(Poetry) designating a verse line consisting of five metrical feet
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pen•tam•e•ter
(pɛnˈtæm ɪ tər)n.
1. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.
2. unrhymed verse of five iambic feet; English heroic verse.
adj. 3. consisting of five metrical feet.
pen•tam′e•trist, n.
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pentameter
a verse of five metrical feet.
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pentameter
A meter of five feet to the line.
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