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short meter

short meter noun: a hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.

Noun

short meter (uncountable)

  1. A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.
    Synonyms:
    short measure

Synonyms of short meter

Forms of short meter

alternative formshort metre

Questions about short meter

What does short meter mean?
Short meter means a hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.
What part of speech is short meter?
Short meter is a noun.

Words near short meter in the dictionary

  1. short loin
  2. short loins
  3. short man syndrome
  4. short measure
  5. short message service
  6. short meter
  7. Short money
  8. short o
  9. short of
  10. short of a length
  11. short of breath

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