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hep·tam·e·ter
 heptameter
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- pronunciation:
- hep
tae
m
tr
[or]
hep
t
mi
tr
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a line or unit of verse consisting of seven metrical feet or measures.
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| derivation: |
heptametrical (adj.) |
The word heptameter
contains the following parts:
hept, hepta
Greek
root
that means seven
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- sept
metr, -meter, -metry
Greek
root
that means measure
Example words:
accelerometer, altimeter, ametropia, ammeter, anemometer, aneroid barometer, anthropometry, asymmetry, audiometer, barometer, biometrics, calorimeter, centimeter, chronometer, clinometer, cliometrics, craniometry, cryometer, cyclometer, decameter, decimeter, dekameter, diameter, dosimeter, dynamometer, econometrics, electrometer, fluorometer, galvanometer, geometric progression, geometry, goniometer, gravimeter, hectometer, hemacytometer, hemocytometer, heptameter, hexameter, hydrometer, hypermetropia, inclinometer, interferometer, isometric, lysimeter, magnetometer, manometer, meter, metrics, metronome, micrometer, nanometer, odometer, ohmmeter, optometry, parameter, pedometer, pentameter, perimeter, photometer, photometry, planimeter, polarimeter, potentiometer, pyrometer, radiometer, saccharimeter, saccharometer, salimeter, salinometer, spectrometer, speedometer, sphygmomanometer, symmetry, tachometer, taximeter, telemetry, tetrameter, thermometer, tonometer, trigonometry, trimeter, turbidimeter, variometer, voltammeter, voltmeter, wattmeter
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