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Metre 1

Definition: Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.

Metre 2

Definition: A poem.

Metre 3

Definition: A measure of length, equal to English inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. See Metric system, under Metric.

Metre 4

Definition: See Meter.

metre 5

Definition: rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

metre 6

Definition: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

metre 7

Definition: the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d''Unites (approximately yards)

 

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