Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tetrameter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tetrameter \Te*tram"e*ter\, n. [L. tetrametrus, Gr. ?; te`tra-
(see {Tetra-}) + ? a measure: cf. F. t['e]tram[`e]tre.] (GR.
& Latin Pros.)
A verse or line consisting of four measures, that is, in
iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse, of eight feet; in
other kinds of verse, of four feet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tetrameter
n : a verse line having four metrical feet
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