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trim·e·ter
 trimeter
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- pronunciation:
- trI
m
tr
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
a line of verse consisting of three metrical feet.
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adjective |
| definition: |
consisting of three metrical feet.
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The word trimeter
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
tri
Latin
root
that means three
Example words:
triad, triangle, triathlon, tricentennial, triceps, triclinic, tricorn, tricuspid, tricycle, trident, tridentate, triennial, trifid, trifocal, trifoliate, trigonometry, trihedron, trilateral, trilingual, trillion, trilobate, trilobite, trilogy, trimester, trimeter, trinity, trinomial, trio, tripartite, triple, triplet, triplicate, tripod, trireme, trisect, triskaidekaphobia, trisomic, tristich, trisyllable, tritheism, tritone, triune, trivalent, triweekly
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