regular+recurrence

  • 11rhythm — rhythmless, adj. /ridh euhm/, n. 1. movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. Music. a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic… …

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  • 12rhythm — [[t]ˈrɪð əm[/t]] n. 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 …

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  • 13prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… …

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  • 14rhythm — [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 …

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  • 15rhythm — /ˈrɪðəm / (say ridhuhm) noun 1. movement or procedure with uniform recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. measured movement, as in dancing. 3. Music a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong… …

  • 16Rhythm — For other uses, see Rhythm (disambiguation). Rhythm, a sequence in time repeated, featured in dance: an early moving picture demonstrates the waltz …

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  • 17regularity — I noun balance, clockwork precision, conformity, congruity, consistency, constantia, even tenor, evenness, exactness, harmony, homogeneity, invariability, levelness, method, methodicalness, order, orderliness, ordo, periodicity, precision,… …

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  • 18antiperiodic — Preventing the regular recurrence of a disease ( e.g., malaria) or a symptom. * * * an·ti·pe·ri·od·ic .ant i .pir ē äd ik, .an .tī adj preventing periodic returns of disease antiperiodic n an antiperiodic agent * * * an·ti·pe·ri·od·ic… …

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  • 19Mendelejeff's law — Periodic Pe ri*od ic, Periodical Pe ri*od ic*al, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. p[ e]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. [1913 Webster] The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. Sir J. Herschel.… …

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  • 20Periodic — Pe ri*od ic, Periodical Pe ri*od ic*al, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. p[ e]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. [1913 Webster] The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. Sir J. Herschel. [1913… …

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