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Thursday, October 01
rhythm n.

Definition: 1. movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats. b. a particular form of this: triple rhythm. 3. measured movement, as in dancing.

Example: I will beat a rhythm on my drums, then you try to repeat it.

Synonyms: beat, tempo


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