Bimeter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bimeter is a noun meaning (dentistry) A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
Meaning
(dentistry) A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
More Meanings
- (music) The setting of one meter against another.
- (poetry) A meter wherein each line has two metrical feet.
Example Sentences
It is unfortunate that the bimeter cannot be used in dentulous cases.
[…] two poems combine tetrameters with trimeters, and two others tetrameters with bimeters.
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).
Word Forms
- bimeters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include binangle, bimetal, bident, biangle, bipoint, bimagnon.
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