rhythmicityn.
/ˌrɪðˈmɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɪðˈmɪsᵻdi/ Rhythmic quality or character; the capacity for maintaining a rhythm.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > action of putting into rhythm > rhythmic quality
time1531
numerosityc1570
numerousness1685
rhythmicity1888
1888 Times 9 Mar. 14/3 The molecular death of certain tissues destroyed the general functional rhythmicity of the system until the disturbance became general, somatic death.
1901 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) III. 109/2 The pulse rate presents more or less regular and extensive variations in the course of a day... They are hardly the expression of an inherent rhythmicity.
1944 Mind 53 271 Variability in size, number, direction, space, distance and rhythmicity is probably the most important characteristic in the primitive visual field.
1971 Chin-Wu Kim Surv. Ling. Sci. 63 It definitely has a tendency to maintain iambic rhythmicity.
1998 Nature 30 Apr. 871/2 These neurons secrete a number of neuropeptides..with a circadian rhythmicity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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