DIMETER


Meaning of DIMETER in English

/dim"i teuhr/ , n. Pros.

a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.

[ 1580-90; dimeter dímetros of two measures, a dimeter, equiv. to di- DI- 1 + -metros, adj. deriv. of métron METER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .