monometer
[ muh-nom-i-ter ]
nounProsody.
a line of verse of one measure or foot.
Origin of monometer
1Other words from monometer
- mon·o·met·ri·cal [mon-uh-me-tri-kuhl], /ˌmɒn əˈmɛ trɪ kəl/, mon·o·met·ric, adjective
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How to use monometer in a sentence
In like manner we have anapestic lines of all lengths from monometer to hexameter.
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British Dictionary definitions for monometer
monometer
/ (mɒˈnɒmɪtə) /
noun
prosody a line of verse consisting of one metrical foot
Derived forms of monometer
- monometrical (ˌmɒnəʊˈmɛtrɪkəl) or monometric, adjective
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