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English Dictionary: Tetrameter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tetrameter
n
  1. a verse line having four metrical feet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetrameter \Te*tram"e*ter\, n. [L. tetrametrus, Gr. [?]; te`tra-
      (see {Tetra-}) + [?] a measure: cf. F. t[82]tram[8a]tre.]
      (GR. & Latin Pros.)
      A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in
      iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in
      other kinds of verse, of four feet.
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