English to English
noun
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
The piece has a fast rhythm.
The conductor set the beat.
source: WordNet 3.0
- recurring at regular intervals
source: WordNet 3.0
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
The never-ending cycle of the seasons.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
The rhythm of Frost's poetry.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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)
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
