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rhythm


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhythm  \Rhythm\,  n.  [F.  rhythme,  rythme  L.  rhythmus,  fr  Gr 
  ???  measured  motion,  measure,  proportion,  fr  "rei^n  to  flow. 
  See  {Stream}.] 
  1.  In  the  widest  sense  a  dividing  into  short  portions  by  a 
  regular  succession  of  motions,  impulses,  sounds,  accents, 
  etc.,  producing  an  agreeable  effect,  as  in  music  poetry, 
  the  dance,  or  the  like 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  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.  --Moore  (Encyc.) 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  4.  The  harmonious  flow  of  vocal  sounds. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rhythm 
  n  1:  the  basic  rhythmic  unit  in  a  piece  of  music;  "the  piece  has 
  a  fast  rhythm";  "the  conductor  set  the  beat"  [syn:  {beat}, 
  {musical  rhythm}] 
  2:  recurring  at  regular  intervals;  "the  rhythm  of  the  seasons" 
  [syn:  {regular  recurrence}] 
  3:  an  interval  during  which  a  recurring  sequence  of  events 
  occurs;  "the  neverending  cycle  of  the  seasons"  [syn:  {cycle}, 
  {round}] 
  4:  the  arrangement  of  spoken  words  alternating  stressed  and 
  unstressed  elements;  "the  rhythm  of  Frost's  poetry"  [syn: 
  {speech  rhythm}] 
  5:  an  attempt  to  control  conception  by  refraining  from 
  intercourse  during  the  period  when  ovulation  is  most 
  likely  to  occur  [syn:  {rhythm  method  of  birth  control},  {rhythm 
  method},  {calendar  method  of  birth  control},  {calendar 
  method}] 




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