n. 1. a. Verse written in lines of four metrical feet. b. A single line of such verse. 2. a. Classical quantitative verse consisting of four measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter. b. A single line of such verse. [Late Latin tetrametrus, from Greek tetrametron, from neuter of tetrametros, having four measures : tetra-, tetra- + -metron, measure; see -METER.] te·trame·ter adj. |
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