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bimeter

bimeter noun: a type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.

Noun

bimeter (plural bimeters)

  1. A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
    • It is unfortunate that the bimeter cannot be used in dentulous cases.1951, Jerome Meyer, Oral Rehabilitation, page 528
  2. The setting of one meter against another.
    • A sophisticated variant of the bimeter in Figure 7 occurs when the values in the right-hand part are not even, but nevertheless establish a feeling of meter opposed to that in the bass (Figure 8).1973, Roland Nadeau, “The Grace and Beauty of Classic Rags: Structural Elements in a Distinct Musical Genre”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 59, number 8
  3. A meter wherein each line has two metrical feet.
    • […] two poems combine tetrameters with trimeters, and two others tetrameters with bimeters.1982, Willem Pieter Gerritsen, “Coornhert and Boethius: A Side-Light on the Genesis of Dutch Renaissance Verse”, in D.H. Green, editors, From Wolfram and Petrarch to Goethe and Grass, page 310

Forms of bimeter

pluralbimeters

Origin of bimeter

From bi- + meter or bi- + -meter.

Questions about bimeter

What does bimeter mean?
Bimeter means a type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
What part of speech is bimeter?
Bimeter is a noun.
What is the plural of bimeter?
The plural of bimeter is bimeters.

Words near bimeter in the dictionary

  1. bimetallisms
  2. bimetallist
  3. bimetallistic
  4. bimetallists
  5. bimetals
  6. bimeter
  7. bimeters
  8. bimethyl
  9. bimetric
  10. bimfert
  11. bimferts

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