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单词 rhythmica
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rhythmican.

Brit. /ˈrɪðmɪkə/, U.S. /ˈrɪðmɪkə/
Forms: Middle English–1500s rithmica, late Middle English rethmica, 1700s rythmica, 1700s rythmice, 1700s– rhythmica.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rhythmica.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin rhythmica branch of study that deals with rhythm (6th cent. as rithmica ), use as noun (short for ars rhythmica rhythmic art) of feminine of classical Latin rhythmicus rhythmic adj. In form rythmice perhaps after post-classical Latin rhythmice (5th cent.) < ancient Greek ῥυθμική , use as noun (short for ῥυθμικὴ τέχνη ) of feminine of ῥυθμικός rhythmic adj. Compare later rhythmic n.
Now historical.
The science or theory of rhythm (esp. in music); the branch of study that deals with this. Cf. rhythmic n.In quot. 1480 personified.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxxi. 1386 Of musike ben þre parties, armonica, rithmica, and metrica.
1480 Curia Sapiencie (Caxton) sig. ej There mayst thou see of Dame Armonyca Of Dame Metryk, and of dame Rethmica.
1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xiv. 455 Rythmica, which respects the Proportion of Sounds as to Time, or the Swiftness and Slowness of their Successions.
1801 Asiatick Researches (London ed.) 6 505 The old uncouth music of the Greeks..was laid aside, it seems; but not without violent struggles on the part of the adherents of the old Rhythmica.
1861 J. S. Adams 5000 Musical Terms Rhythmica, a branch of ancient music which regulated the rhythm.
1985 K. Eales tr. A. F. Gallo Music of Middle Ages II. i. 2 A classification formulated by Isidore of Seville and subsequently frequently repeated by medieval writers, involved a division of music into three categories: harmonica, rhythmica, and metrica.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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