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RHYTHMICITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("rhythmicity" is a kind of...):

sound property (an attribute of sound)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhythmicity"):

meter; metre; time (rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration)

cadence; cadency (a recurrent rhythmical series)

lilt; swing (a jaunty rhythm in music)

Derivation:

rhythmic (recurring with measured regularity)

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