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trimeters

trimeters is the plural of trimeter.

Meaning of trimeter

Noun

trimeter (plural trimeters)

  1. A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
  2. a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.
    • All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 20

Questions about trimeters

What is trimeters the plural of?
Trimeters is the plural of trimeter.

Words near trimeters in the dictionary

  1. trimetaphan camsilate
  2. trimetaphosphate
  3. trimetaphosphates
  4. trimetazidine
  5. trimeter
  6. trimeters
  7. trimethadione
  8. trimethadiones
  9. trimethaphan
  10. trimethaphan camsylate
  11. trimethine

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