rhythmic

adj — 4 senses

rhythmic

adj

/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/ · /ˈɹɪð.mək/

Etymology From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.

1

Of or relating to rhythm.

  • The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 226:
2

Characterized by rhythm.

3

Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.

4

With regular, repetitive motion or sound.

Derived terms
28 termsarhythmic, arrhythmic, autorhythmic, biorhythmic, birhythmic, counterrhythmic, dysrhythmic, eurhythmic, extrarhythmic, heterorhythmic, homorhythmic, idiorrhythmic, irrhythmic, isorhythmic, monorhythmic, nonrhythmic, panrhythmic, polyrhythmic, rhythmical, rhythmic contemporary, rhythmic gesture, rhythmic gymnast, rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmicity, rhythmicize, rhythmic pattern, rhythmic unit, unrhythmic

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