rhythm
Noun
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is a type of: musical time - (music) the beat of musical rhythmsubtypes:
- backbeat - a loud steady beat
- downbeat - the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)
- offbeat, upbeat - an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
- syncopation - a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
same as: beat, musical rhythm -
is a type of: cyclicity, periodicity - the quality of recurring at regular intervalssubtypes: cardiac rhythm, heart rhythm - the rhythm of a beating heartsame as: regular recurrence
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is a type of: interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instantshas: phase, phase angle - a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
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is a type of:
- guide, template, templet - a model or standard for making comparisons
- inflection, prosody - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
same as: speech rhythm -
is a type of: natural family planning - any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle
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