• Bimeter

    Origin

    From - + meter.

    Full definition of bimeter

    Noun

    bimeter

    (plural bimeters)
    1. (dentistry) A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
      • It is unfortunate that the bimeter cannot be used in dentulous cases.
    2. (music) The setting of one meter against another.
      • A sophisticated variant of the bimeter in Figure 7 occurs when the values in the right-hand part are not even, but nevertheless establish a feeling of meter opposed to that in the bass (Figure 8).
    3. (poetry) A meter wherein each line has two metrical feet.
      • ... two poems combine tetrameters with trimeters, and two others tetrameters with bimeters.
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