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te·tram·e·ter
 tetrameter
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- pronunciation:
- te
trae
m
tr
[or]
te
tr
mi
tr
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a line of verse that contains four metrical feet.
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| definition 2: |
verse made up of such lines.
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
containing four metrical feet.
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The word tetrameter
contains the following parts:
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
tetr, tetra
Greek
root
that means four
Example words:
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