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   rhythm

   /ˈrɪð(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound: "Ruth listened to the rhythm of his breathing" Similar patternflowtemporegular featuresrecurrent nature
   • ▪ the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodical stress: "he made her count beats to the bar and clap the rhythm" Similar beatcadencetempotimepacepulsethrobliltswingtechnical:periodicity
   • ▪ a particular pattern formed by musical rhythm: "melodies with deep African rhythms"
   • ▪ a person's natural feeling for musical rhythm: "they've got no rhythm" Similar patternflowtemporegular featuresrecurrent nature
   • 2. the measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables: "the rhythm, pattern, and cadence of words" Similar metremeasurepatternstressaccentpulsetimeflowcadence
   • 3. a regularly recurring sequence of events or processes: "the twice daily rhythms of the tides" Similar patternflowtemporegular featuresrecurrent nature
   • ▪ a harmonious sequence or correlation of colours or elements: "in Art Nouveau, the flow and rhythm of a design became pre-eminent"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (also originally in the sense ‘rhyme’): from French rhythme, or via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein ‘to flow’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. rhythmless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 17

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