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D0227400 (dĭm′ĭ-tər)n.1. a. Verse written in lines of two metrical feet.b. A single line of such verse.2. a. Classical quantitative verse consisting of two measures of two feet each, especially in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter.b. A single line of such verse.
[Late Latin dimeter, dimetrus, having two verses, from Greek dimetros : di-, two; see di-1 + metron, meter; see meter1.]

dimeter

(ˈdɪmɪtə) n (Poetry) prosody a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet or a verse written in this metre

dim•e•ter

(ˈdɪm ɪ tər)

n. a verse or line of two measures or feet. [1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek dímetros of two measures, a dimeter =di- di-1 + -metros, adj. derivative of métron meter1]