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short meter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
short- me-ter
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

short metre (alternative)

Phrases

common meter long meter

Frequently Paired Words

common meter long meter

Synonyms

short measure

Questions

What does short meter mean?
A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.

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