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bimeter
bimeter
English
Noun
bimeter (plural bimeters)
- (dentistry) A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.
- (music) The setting of one meter against another.
- 1973, Roland Nadeau, “The Grace and Beauty of Classic Rags: Structural Elements in a Distinct Musical Genre”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 59, number 8:
- 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).
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- (poetry) A meter wherein each line has two metrical feet.