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Etymology [edit]
First coined 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhythmos, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhèō, “I flow, run, stream, gush”).
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rhythm (plural rhythms)
- The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
- Dance to the rhythm of the music.
- A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
- Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry
- A flow, repetition or regularity.
- Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.
- The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
- We walked with a quick, even rhythm.
- The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
- The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm
- A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
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- The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife
- Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
- The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy
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variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time
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- Korean: 리듬 (ko) (rideum)
- Kyrgyz: ритм (ky) (ritm)
- Latvian: ritms (lv) m
- Lithuanian: ritmas (lt) m
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- Macedonian: ритам (mk) (rítam) m
- Malay: rentak (ms), ritma (ms)
- Malayalam: താളം (ml) (tāḷaṁ)
- Marathi: ताल (mr) (tāl) m
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- Romanian: ritm (ro)
- Russian: ритм (ru) (ritm) m, такт (ru) (takt) m
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- Scottish Gaelic: ruitheam (gd) m
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- Cyrillic: ритам (sh) m
- Roman: ritam (sh) m
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- Slovak: rytmus (sk) m
- Slovene: ritem (sl) m
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- Spanish: ritmo (es) m
- Swahili: mahadhi (sw)
- Swedish: rytm (sv)
- Tamil: தாளம் (ta) (tāḷam)
- Telugu: లయ (te) (laya)
- Thai: จังหวะ (th) (jang wà)
- Turkish: ritim (tr), ritm (tr)
- Turkmen: ritm (tk)
- Ukrainian: ритм (uk) (rytm) m
- Urdu: تال (ur) (tāl)
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- Uzbek: ritm (uz)
- Vietnamese: nhịp điệu (vi)
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- Yiddish: ריטם (yi) (ritm)
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tempo or speed of a beat, song, or repeated event
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- Asturian: ritmu (ast) m
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- Catalan: ritme (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 節奏 (cmn), 节奏 (cmn) (jiézòu)
- Czech: rytmus (cs) m
- Danish: rytme (da) c
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- Finnish: rytmi (fi), tahti (fi)
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- Galician: ritmo (gl) m
- Greek: ρυθμός (el) (rythmós) m
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- Hungarian: ütem (hu)
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- Khmer: ចង្វាក់ (km) (jɑngvak)
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- Latvian: ritms (lv) m
- Marathi: ताल (mr) (tāl) m
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- Russian: ритм (ru) (ritm) m
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flow, repetition or regularity
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