rhythm
21Rhythm — Shamans in many cultures make use of rhythmic music, songs, chants, dances, and movements. Instruments as varied as drums, rattles, and bells are used. Claims are sometimes made that shamans always use a constant rhythm in healing and in… …
22rhythm — [[t]rɪ̱ðəm[/t]] ♦♦♦ rhythms 1) N VAR A rhythm is a regular series of sounds or movements. His music of that period fused the rhythms of Jazz with classical forms... He had no sense of rhythm whatsoever... She could hear the constant rhythm of his …
23rhythm — iso·rhythm; poly·rhythm; rhythm; rhythm·less; bio·rhythm; …
24rhythm — n. 1 a measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose determined by various relations of long and short or accented and unaccented syllables. 2 the aspect of musical composition concerned with periodical accent and the duration of notes. 3… …
25rhythm — [[t]ˈrɪð əm[/t]] n. 1) movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like 2) a) the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats b) a …
26rhythm — noun /ˈɹɪ.ð(ə)m/ a) The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. Dance to the rhythm of the music. b) A specifically defined pattern of …
27rhythm — 1. Measured time or motion; the regular alternation of two or more different or opposite states. 2. SYN: r. method. 3. Regular or irregular occurrence of an electrical event in the electrocardiogram or electroencephalogram. SEE ALSO: wave. 4.… …
28rhythm — noun 1) the rhythm of the music Syn: beat, cadence, tempo, time, pulse, throb, swing 2) poetic features such as rhythm Syn: meter, measure, stress, accent, cadence …
29rhythm — noun 1) the rhythm of the music Syn: beat, cadence, tempo, time, pulse, throb, swing 2) poetic features such as rhythm Syn: metre, measure, stress, accent …
30rhythm — noun (C, U) 1 a regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements: the exciting rhythms of African drum beats | the rhythm of your heartbeat 2 a regular pattern of changes: the rhythm of the seasons …
