rhythm

Noun
  1. The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music (synset 107100710)
    "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
    is a type of: musical time - (music) the beat of musical rhythm
    subtypes:
    • 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
  2. Recurring at regular intervals (synset 104775267)
    is a type of: cyclicity, periodicity - the quality of recurring at regular intervals
    subtypes: cardiac rhythm, heart rhythm - the rhythm of a beating heart
    same as: regular recurrence
  3. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (synset 115313066)
    "the never-ending cycle of the seasons"
    is a type of: interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
    has: phase, phase angle - a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
    same as: cycle, round
  4. The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements (synset 107100515)
    "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
    is a type of:
    same as: speech rhythm
  5. 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) (synset 100854775)
    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
    same as: calendar method, calendar method of birth control, rhythm method, rhythm method of birth control

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