Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bimeter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bime-ter
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.

noun

The setting of one meter against another.

noun

A meter wherein each line has two metrical feet.

Example Sentences

"It is unfortunate that the bimeter cannot be used in dentulous cases."
"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)."
"[…] two poems combine tetrameters with trimeters, and two others tetrameters with bimeters."

Etymology

From bi- + meter or bi- + -meter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: bi-
Suffix: meter

Inflected Forms

bimeters (plural)

Questions

What does bimeter mean?: A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
Where does bimeter come from?: From bi- + meter or bi- + -meter.

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