trimeter
nounUS /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/ · UK /ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/
Etymology From tri- + meter.
1
A line in a poem having three metrical feet.
2
a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.
- All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 20:
- Related terms
- trimetric, trimetrical