tetrameter

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Etymology

From tetra- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: te‧tra‧me‧ter

Noun

tetrameter (countable and uncountable, plural tetrameters)

  1. (poetry) A line in a poem having four metrical feet.
  2. (prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has four feet.

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