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trimetric, a.|traɪˈmɛtrɪk|
[f. tri- + Gr. µέτρον measure (or, in sense 2, f. as trimeter) + -ic.]
1. Cryst. Applied to that system of forms having three unequal axes mutually at right angles: = orthorhombic.
1837Dana Min. 15 Classis Trimetrica, or the Trimetric System. 1873Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 281 The bases of these monoclinic forms are identical in form with those of the trimetric system.
2. Pros. Consisting of three measures.
1889Amer. Jrnl. Philol. July 224 The theory that the hexameter is a combination of two trimeters..is old and familiar;..a tetrameter (tetrapody) is assumed as the original verse, which became a trimeter (trimetric colon) as a result of..the combination. |