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Adjective: dimeter  di-mi-tu(r)
  1. (prosody) consisting of two metrical feet per line
    "iambic dimeter is common in nursery rhymes like 'Hickory, dickory, dock'"
Noun: dimeter  di-mi-tu(r)
  1. A line of verse consisting of two metrical feet
    "The poem was written in iambic dimeter"

Derived forms: dimeters

Encyclopedia: Dimeter