Definition of rhythm

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Rhythm (n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent..

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Mastersinger :: Mastersinger (n.) One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
Arrhythmic :: Arrhythmic (a.) Alt. of Arrhythmou.
Rhythming :: Rhythming (a.) Writing rhythm; verse making.
Poetical :: Poetical (a.) Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose..
Rhythmometer :: Rhythmometer (n.) An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.
Rhythmically :: Rhythmically (adv.) In a rhythmical manner.
Diastole :: Diastole (n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction..
Suiting :: Suite (n.) One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form..
Accent :: Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period..
Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..
Monometer :: Monometer (n.) A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter..
Rhythmical :: Rhythmical (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm.
Syncopation :: Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags..
Arrhythmous :: Arrhythmous (a.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse..
Fontanel :: Fontanel (n.) One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation.
Time :: Time (n.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time..
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse..
Measure :: Measure (a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure..
Movement :: Movement (n.) One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony..
Arsis :: Arsis (n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent..
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