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rhythmic

rhyth·mic

UK/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/ US/ˈɹɪð.mək/ fairly common

adjective

1.

recurring with measured regularity

  • “the rhythmic chiming of church bells” John Galsworthy
  • “rhythmical prose”

Origin

From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.

Phrases

  • rhythmic contemporary
  • rhythmic gesture
  • rhythmic gymnast
  • rhythmic gymnastics
  • rhythmic pattern
  • rhythmic unit

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See also

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