Definition of rhythm

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Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables..

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Beat :: Beat (n.) The rise or fall of the hand or foot, marking the divisions of time; a division of the measure so marked. In the rhythm of music the beat is the unit..
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..
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..
Rhythmically :: Rhythmically (adv.) In a rhythmical manner.
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..
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.
Monometer :: Monometer (n.) A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter..
Chime :: Chime (v. i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
Sphygmophone :: Sphygmophone (n.) An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
Rhythmic :: Rhythmic (a.) Alt. of Rhythmica.
Arhizous :: Arhizous (a.) Alt. of Arhythmou.
Lilt :: Lilt (n.) Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness..
Arrhytmy :: Arrhytmy (n.) Want of rhythm.
Accent :: Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period..
Syncope :: Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows..
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..
Movement :: Movement (n.) The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece..
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..
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse..
Numerous :: Numerous (a.) Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical.
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