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Trimeter

Trimeter \Trim"e*ter\, a. [L. trimetrus, Gr. ?; ? (see Tri-) + ? measure. See Meter measure.] (Pros.) Consisting of three poetical measures. -- n. A poetical division of verse, consisting of three measures.
--Lowth.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
trimeter

"a verse of three metrical feet," 1560s, from Latin trimetrus, from Greek trimetros "having three measures," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + metron "a measure" (see meter (n.2)). Related: Trimetrical.

Wiktionary
trimeter

alt. 1 A line in a poem having three metrical feet. 2 a poetic metre in which each line has three feet. n. 1 A line in a poem having three metrical feet. 2 a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.

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Trimeter

In poetry, a trimeter (Greek for "three measure") is a metre of three metrical feet per line. Examples:

When here // the spring // we see, Fresh green // upon // the tree.

Usage examples of "trimeter".

But oh, mesdames, if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you all know the difference between trimeter and tetrameter, may all Poetry go to the deuce, and every schoolmaster perish miserably!

Now the words were crammed in their trimeters, and Yurii Andreievich felt wide awake, roused, excited.