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rhythm
[ rith-uhm ]
noun
- movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
- Music.
- the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats:
She taught us the song, tapping out the rhythm for us on the table.
- a particular form of this:
duple rhythm; triple rhythm.
- measured movement, as in dancing.
- Art, Literature. a patterned repetition of a motif, formal element, etc., at regular or irregular intervals in the same or a modified form:
I loved the pattern and rhythm of her story, with the repeating line about ancestors being proud of her actions.
- the effect produced in a play, film, novel, etc., by the combination or arrangement of formal elements, as length of scenes, speech and description, timing, or recurrent themes, to create movement, tension, and emotional value in the development of the plot.
- Prosody.
- a particular kind of metrical form:
Iambic rhythm has been the principal mode of English poetry since Chaucer.
- metrical movement.
- the pattern of recurrent strong and weak accents, vocalization and silence, and the distribution and combination of these elements in speech.
- Physiology. the regular recurrence of an action or function, as of the beat of the heart, or the menstrual cycle:
Waking up at the same time each day is good for your circadian rhythm鈥攜our 24-hour "body clock."
- procedure marked by the regular recurrence of particular elements, phases, etc.:
the rhythm of the seasons.
Synonyms: , ,
- regular recurrence of elements in a system of motion.
rhythm
/ 藞谤瑟冒蓹尘 /
noun
- the arrangement of the relative durations of and accents on the notes of a melody, usually laid out into regular groups ( bars ) of beats, the first beat of each bar carrying the stress
- any specific arrangement of such groupings; time
quadruple rhythm
- in poetry
- the arrangement of words into a more or less regular sequence of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables
- any specific such arrangement; metre
- (in painting, sculpture, architecture, etc) a harmonious sequence or pattern of masses alternating with voids, of light alternating with shade, of alternating colours, etc
- any sequence of regularly recurring functions or events, such as the regular recurrence of certain physiological functions of the body, as the cardiac rhythm of the heartbeat
Derived Forms
- 藞谤丑测迟丑尘濒别蝉蝉, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 谤丑测迟丑尘路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
- 苍辞苍路谤丑测迟丑尘 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of rhythm1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of rhythm1
Example Sentences
James, again, couldn鈥檛 find a rhythm in the fourth quarter.
The 49-year-old, who appeared to be labouring, suddenly found his rhythm and compiled breaks of 94, 114 and 67 to set up a dramatic finale.
Known for hits like Ms Jackson, Rosa Parks and Hey Ya!, their swampy Southern rhythms and bohemian take on hip-hop changed the sound of the genre in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
鈥淚 was falling behind in the count, and then I couldn鈥檛 establish my rhythm,鈥 Yamamoto said.
Some can be gentle and tender, attuned to the rhythms of the everyday.
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