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monometer

noun
mo·​nom·​e·​ter | \ mə-ˈnä-mə-tər How to pronounce monometer (audio) , mä-\

Definition of monometer

: a line of verse consisting of a single metrical foot or dipody

First Known Use of monometer

circa 1846, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for monometer

Late Latin, from Greek monometros, from mon- + metron measure — more at measure

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