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TETRAMETER

\tˈɛtɹɐmˌiːtə], \tˈɛtɹɐmˌiːtə], \t_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_ɐ_m_ˌiː_t_ə]\

Definitions of TETRAMETER

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A verse, or line, consisting of four measures.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A verse composed of four measures.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [Latin] A verse consisting of four measures, that is in lambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse of eight feet ; in other kinds ,; of verse of four feet.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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