rhythm
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1. natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | natural family planning, |
| definition | : | any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman's menstrual cycle (noun.act) |
2. recurring at regular intervals (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | cyclicity, periodicity, |
| definition | : | the quality of recurring at regular intervals (noun.attribute) |
3. the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | guide, template, templet, |
| definition | : | a model or standard for making comparisons (noun.cognition) |
| hypernym | : | inflection, prosody, |
| definition | : | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language (noun.communication) |
4. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | musical time, |
| definition | : | (music) the beat of musical rhythm (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | backbeat, |
| definition | : | a loud steady beat (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | downbeat, |
| definition | : | the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | offbeat, upbeat, |
| definition | : | an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | syncopation, |
| definition | : | a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat (noun.communication) |
5. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | interval, time interval, |
| definition | : | a definite length of time marked off by two instants (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | phase, phase angle, |
| definition | : | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle (noun.time) |
6. recurring at regular intervals (noun.attribute)
7. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | beat, |
| definition | : | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | beat, |
| definition | : | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | beat, pound, thump, |
| definition | : | move rhythmically (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | beat, |
| definition | : | indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | beat, drum, thrum, |
| definition | : | make a rhythmic sound (verb.perception) |
8. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (noun.time)
| derivation | : | cycle, |
| definition | : | recur in repeating sequences (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | cycle, |
| definition | : | pass through a cycle (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | cycle, |
| definition | : | cause to go through a recurring sequence (verb.motion) |
9. recurring at regular intervals (noun.attribute)
10. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | beat, |
| definition | : | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | beat, |
| definition | : | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly (verb.creation) |
| derivation | : | beat, pound, thump, |
| definition | : | move rhythmically (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | beat, |
| definition | : | indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | beat, drum, thrum, |
| definition | : | make a rhythmic sound (verb.perception) |
11. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs (noun.time)
| derivation | : | cycle, |
| definition | : | recur in repeating sequences (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | cycle, |
| definition | : | pass through a cycle (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | cycle, |
| definition | : | cause to go through a recurring sequence (verb.motion) |
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