the pattern or recurrent alternation of strong and weak or long and short elements in the flow of sound, esp in speech
the pattern of stresses on the words used in poetry; metre
in music, the regular recurrence of a pattern of stress and length of notes
a characteristic pattern of this kind
music in rumba rhythm
movement or fluctuation marked by a regular recurrence or pattern of elements
a regularly recurrent change in a biological process or state
the effect created by the harmonious interaction of the elements in a play, novel, film, painting, etc
[early French rhythme via Latin rhythmus from Greek rhythmos, from rhein to flow]