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rhythm — [ rıðəm ] noun ** 1. ) count a regular pattern of sounds in music that you can show by moving, hitting your hands together, or hitting a drum or other surface: They began moving together to the rhythm of the music. He tapped out the rhythm on the … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rhythm — rhythm, meter, cadence can all mean the more or less regular rise and fall in intensity of sounds that one associates chiefly with poetry and music. Rhythm, which of these three terms is the most inclusive and the widest in its range of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Rhythm D — Rhythm D, né David Weldon à Los Angeles en Californie, est un artiste connu pour ses productions, notamment de titres d Eazy E issus de son album It s On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa. Eazy déclare dans la pochette de son album Thanks to Rhythm D for… … Wikipédia en Français
rhythm — (n.) 1550s, from L. rhythmus movement in time, from Gk. rhythmos measured flow or movement, rhythm, related to rhein to flow, from PIE root *sreu to flow (see RHEUM (Cf. rheum)). In Medieval Latin, rithmus was used for accentual, as opposed to… … Etymology dictionary
rhythm — [rith′əm] n. [< Fr or L: Fr rythme < L rhythmus < Gr rhythmos, measure, measured motion < base of rheein, to flow: see STREAM] 1. a) flow, movement, procedure, etc. characterized by basically regular recurrence of elements or features … English World dictionary
Rhythm — Album par ルーク・ヴァイバート Sortie 2008 Enregistrement 2008 Durée 48:35 Genre Musique électronique Producteur Luke Vibert … Wikipédia en Français
Rhythm — Rhythm, n. [F. rhythme, rythme, L. rhythmus, fr. Gr. ??? measured motion, measure, proportion, fr. rei^n to flow. See {Stream}.] 1. In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rhythm — ► NOUN 1) a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound. 2) the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, according to duration and periodical stress. 3) a particular pattern formed by such arrangement: a slow waltz rhythm. 4) the… … English terms dictionary
rhythm — index regularity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rhythm — англ. [ри/дзм] Rhythmus нем. [ри/тмус] ритм … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
rhythm — [n] beat, accent of sound, music bounce, cadence, cadency, downbeat, flow, lilt, measure, meter, metre, movement, pattern, periodicity, pulse, regularity, rhyme, rise and fall, swing, tempo, time, uniformity; concept 595 … New thesaurus
