trim·e·ter (trĭm'ĭ-tər) n. A line of verse consisting of three metrical feet. A line of verse consisting of three measures of two feet each, especially one in iambic, trochaic, or anapestic meter in classical prosody.
[Late Latin, from Latin trimetrus, from Greek trimetros : tri-, tri- + metron, measure; see meter1.] tri·met'ric (trī-mět'rĭk), tri·met'ri·cal (-rĭ-kəl) adj. |