Definitions of Rhythm [ˈrɪð əm]

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Definition of 'Rhythm'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rhythm
movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.

2.  rhythm
the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats.

3.  rhythm
a particular form of this:
triple rhythm.

4.  rhythm
measured movement, as in dancing.

5.  rhythm
the pattern of recurrent strong and weak accents, long and short syllables, and vocalization and silence in speech.

6.  rhythm
Pros.

7.  rhythm
metrical or rhythmical form; meter.

8.  rhythm
a particular kind of metrical form.

9.  rhythm
metrical movement.

10.  rhythm
a patterned repetition of a motif, formal element, etc., at regular or irregular intervals in the same or a modified form.

11.  rhythm
Physiol. the regular recurrence of an action or function, as of the beat of the heart or the menstrual cycle.

12.  rhythm
the regular recurrence of particular phases, elements, etc.:
the rhythm of the seasons.

13.  rhythm
the regular recurrence of related elements in a progression or other system of motion:
the importance of rhythm in film editing.

Etymology: (1550–60; < L rhythmus < Gk rhythmós, akin to rheîn to flow)

Definition of 'Rhythm'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rhythm, beat, musical rhythm
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
"the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"

2. (noun) rhythm, regular recurrence
recurring at regular intervals

3. (noun) cycle, rhythm, round
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
"the never-ending cycle of the seasons"

4. (noun) rhythm, speech rhythm
the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
"the rhythm of Frost's poetry"

5. (noun) rhythm method of birth control, rhythm method, rhythm, calendar method of birth control, calendar method
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)

Definition of 'Rhythm'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rhythm
the pattern of beats or emphasis in music or poetry
a song with a funky rhythm; Finally, the whole band was playing in rhythm.

2. rhythm
a pattern that sth follows
the rhythm of the ocean's tides; Pay attention to your body's rhythms.; rhythmic movements

Definition of 'Rhythm'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Rhythm
in the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like

2. (noun) Rhythm
movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent

3. (noun) Rhythm
a division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables

4. (noun) Rhythm
the harmonious flow of vocal sounds

Translation of 'Rhythm'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a regular, repeated pattern of sounds, stresses or beats in music, poetry etc Just listen to the rhythm of those drums; complicated rhythms.
Afrikaans: ritme	Arabic: وَزْن	Bulgarian: ритъм
Brazilian: ritmo	Czech: rytmus	German: der Rhythmus
Danish: rytme	Greek: ρυθμός	Spanish: ritmo
Estonian: rütm	Farsi: ضرب و ریتم	Finnish: rytmi
French: rythme	Hebrew: קֶצֶב	Hindi: ताल
Croatian: ritam	Hungarian: ritmus	Indonesian: irama
Icelandic: rytmi, taktur, hljóðfall	Italian: ritmo	Japanese: リズム
Korean: 리듬, 율동, 규칙적 반복	Lithuanian: ritmas	Latvian: ritms
Malay: irama	Dutch: ritme	Norwegian: rytme, takt
Polish: rytm	Persian: ضرب و ریتم	Pashto: اهنګ، وزن، سور، قدم (لكه
Portuguese: ritmo	Romanian: ritm	Russian: ритм
Slovak: rytmus	Slovenian: ritem	Serbian: ritam
Swedish: rytm	Thai: จังหวะดนตรี; จังหวะสัมผัส	Turkish: ritim, dizem
Taiwanese: 韻律	Ukrainian: розмір	Urdu: بحر
Vietnamese: nhịp điệu	Chinese: 韵律
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