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Rhythm
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- 1 The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. countable, uncountable
"Dance to the rhythm of the music."
- 2 natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) wordnet
- 3 A specifically defined pattern of such variation. countable, uncountable
"Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry"
- 4 recurring at regular intervals wordnet
- 5 A flow, repetition or regularity. countable, uncountable
"Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy."
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- 6 (architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern wordnet
- 7 The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event. countable, uncountable
"We walked with a quick, even rhythm."
- 8 the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements wordnet
- 9 The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble. countable, uncountable
"The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm"
- 10 the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music wordnet
- 11 A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process. countable, uncountable
"The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife"
- 12 an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs wordnet
- 13 Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates. countable, uncountable
"The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy"
- 14 A person's natural feeling for rhythm. countable, uncountable
"That girl's got rhythm, watch her dance!"
- 1 To impart a (particular) rhythm to. transitive
"The pamphlet, writes Muray, 'is the supremely affirmative form in which nothing can be turned around, rhythmed or played with in synonyms and rhymes'."
Etymology
First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, run, stream, gush”).
First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, run, stream, gush”).
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