rhythm

Definitions of rhythm in various dictionaries:

noun - the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

noun - recurring at regular intervals

noun - an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

noun - the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

noun - 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)

Movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions: the rhythm of the tides.

The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound or speech.

Music.

A regular pattern formed by a series of notes of differing duration and stress.

A specific kind of such a pattern: a waltz rhythm.

A group of instruments supplying the rhythm in a band.

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.

The similar but less formal sequence of sounds in prose.

A specific kind of metrical pattern or flow: iambic rhythm.

The sense of temporal development created in a work of literature or a film by the arrangement of formal elements such as the length of scenes, the nature and amount of dialogue, or the repetition of motifs.

A regular or harmonious pattern created by lines, forms, and colors in painting, sculpture, and other visual arts.

The pattern of development produced in a literary or dramatic work by repetition of elements such as words, phrases, incidents, themes, images, and symbols.

These noun s are compared as they denote the regular patterned ebb and rise of accented and unaccented sounds, especially in music, speech, or verse.

noun - movement or procedure with uniform recurrence of strong and weak elements

RHYTHM - Rhythm (from Greek , rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry" (Liddell and Scott 1996)) generally means a "movement marked by the regulated...