ALL meanings of rhythm
rhythm
R r - noun rhythm movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 1
- noun rhythm Music. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats. a particular form of this: duple rhythm; triple rhythm. 1
- noun rhythm music: beat 1
- noun rhythm measured movement, as in dancing. 1
- noun rhythm of city, traffic 1
- noun rhythm Art, Literature. a patterned repetition of a motif, formal element, etc., at regular or irregular intervals in the same or a modified form. 1
- noun rhythm poetry 1
- noun rhythm 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. 1
- noun rhythm regular sequence 1
- noun rhythm Prosody. metrical or rhythmical form; meter; cadence. a particular kind of metrical form. metrical movement. 1
- noun rhythm the pattern of recurrent strong and weak accents, vocalization and silence, and the distribution and combination of these elements in speech. 1
- noun rhythm Physiology. the regular recurrence of an action or function, as of the beat of the heart, or the menstrual cycle. 1
- noun rhythm procedure marked by the regular recurrence of particular elements, phases, etc.: the rhythm of the seasons. 1
- noun rhythm regular recurrence of elements in a system of motion. 1
- variable noun rhythm A rhythm is a regular series of sounds or movements. 0
- countable noun rhythm A rhythm is a regular pattern of changes, for example changes in your body, in the seasons, or in the tides. 0
- noun rhythm 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 0
- noun rhythm any specific arrangement of such groupings; time 0
- noun rhythm the arrangement of words into a more or less regular sequence of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables 0
- noun rhythm any specific such arrangement; metre 0
- noun rhythm (in painting, sculpture, architecture, etc) a harmonious sequence or pattern of masses alternating with voids, of light alternating with shade, of alternating colours, etc 0
- noun rhythm 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 0
- noun rhythm flow, movement, procedure, etc. characterized by basically regular recurrence of elements or features, as beat, or accent, in alternation with opposite or different elements or features 0
- noun rhythm such recurrence; pattern of flow or movement 0
- noun rhythm an effect of ordered movement in a work of art, literature, drama, etc. attained through patterns in the timing, spacing, repetition, accenting, etc. of the elements 0
- noun rhythm a periodic occurrence in living organisms of specific physiological changes, as the menstrual cycle, or a seasonal or daily variation in some activity, as sleep or feeding, in response to geophysical factors 0
- noun rhythm basically regular recurrence of grouped strong and weak beats, or heavily and lightly accented tones, in alternation; arrangement of successive tones, usually in measures, according to their relative accentuation and duration 0
- noun rhythm the form or pattern of this 0
- noun rhythm basically regular recurrence of grouped stressed and unstressed, long and short, or high-pitched and low-pitched syllables in alternation; arrangement of successive syllables, as in metrical units (feet) or cadences, according to their relative stress, quantity, or pitch 0