A variable pattern in the beat of stresses in the stream of sound Rhythm can also be defined as the sense of movement attributable to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables Although rhythm is sometimes used to signify meter, it includes temp and the natural fluctuations of movement
The characteristic sequence of footfalls and phases of a given gait For purposes of dressage, the only correct rhythms are those of the pure walk, pure trot, and pure canter (not those of amble, pace, rack, etc ) [NOTE: Rhythm is sometimes used mistakenly to mean tempo; this usage is not consistent with the correct English definition of "rhythm" (per Webster), nor with its normal usage in the music world ]
In metrical poetry, the beat or pattern of stresses; in prose, the effect created by repetition, parallelism, and variation of sentence length and structure
A continuance, flow, or feeling of movement achieved by repetition of regulated visual elements Measured accents
recurring at regular intervals the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry" the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat
The term which denotes the organization of sound in time; the temporal quality of sound
In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc
The way movement is organized in a piece of music, using beat, no beat, long and short sounds, meter, accents, no accents, tempo, syncopation, and so on See meter and time signature
{i} beat, regular pulse or accent (in music, etc.); meter, recurrent beat in poetry or prose; cyclical pattern of events or elements
n The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in accentual verse or of long and short syllables in quantitative verse
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)
Primary Trait: When the movement of the pen is characterized by basically regular recurrence of beat, the written strokes illustrated in Specimen 11 return to the base line with an even spacing between stroke combinations (IGAS 1964) Noun: Flow of writing responding to natural cadence in pattern of tension and release May be found in a consistent return of downstrokes to the baseline, especially in letters 'm', 'n' and 'h' Reflects harmony of arrangement, form and movement (Whiting 1991)
recurring at regular intervals the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"