Topic: LITERATURE
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Sense: 1
| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | mètre, from Greek metron 'measure' |
| Date: | 800-900 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | metrum, from Greek metron |
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me‧tre S2 W3 British English ; meter American English
1 [countable] written abbreviation mTM the basic unit for measuring length in the metric system
2 [uncountable and countable]AL the arrangement of sounds in poetry into patterns of strong and weak beats [↪ rhythm]
