Usually means: Organization of beats into measures.
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  1. hypermeter: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypermeter: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hypermeter: Wordnik
  4. hypermeter: Wiktionary
  5. hypermeter: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Hypermeter, hypermeter: Dictionary.com
  7. Hypermeter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Hypermeter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. hypermeter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Hypermeter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. hypermeter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. hypermeter: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hypermeter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hypermeter)

▸ noun:  A hypercatalectic line, i.e. with two syllables beyond the metrum.
▸ noun:  A period with a redundant syllable.

Similar:
hyperdissyllable, hexametrist, hemistich, hyperbeat, hyperform, heteroclite, holorhyme, hyperionism, hypergraphics, hemline, more...

Opposite:
hypothesis, hypometre

Types:
iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee, pyrrhic, more...

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Similar:
hyperdissyllable, hexametrist, hemistich, hyperbeat, hyperform, heteroclite, holorhyme, hyperionism, hypergraphics, hemline, more...

Opposite:
hypothesis, hypometre

Types:
iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee, pyrrhic, more...



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