rhythm
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Sense 1 noun
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
the piece has a fast rhythm
Types & categories
- musical time hypernym
- backbeat hyponym
- downbeat hyponym
- offbeat hyponym
- syncopation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
recurring at regular intervals
Types & categories
- cyclicity hypernym
- cardiac rhythm hyponym
Related & opposite
- rhythmical derivation
Sense 3 noun
an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
the never-ending cycle of the seasons
Types & categories
- interval hypernym
Parts & wholes
- phase angle part meronym
Related & opposite
- cycle derivation
- cycle derivation
- cycle derivation
- cyclical derivation
- rhythmical derivation
Sense 4 noun
the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
the rhythm of Frost's poetry
Types & categories
Sense 5 noun
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)
Types & categories
- natural family planning hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thump |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drum |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical time |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backbeat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | downbeat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | offbeat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | syncopation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rhythmical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cyclicity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cardiac rhythm |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cycle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cycle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cycle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cyclical |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rhythmical |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | phase angle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | template |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | prosody |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural family planning |