Usually means: Five metrical feet, unstressed-stressed.
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  1. iambic pentameter: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. iambic pentameter: Dictionary.com
  4. Iambic Pentameter, Iambic pentameter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. iambic pentameter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (iambic pentameter)

noun:  A poetic meter consisting of lines with five iambic feet each, meaning the even syllables are dominant.

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