*rhythm*

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; rhythm. ] (Med.) Being without rhythm or regularity, as the pulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not rhythmic. [ Narrower terms: unrhythmical (vs. rhythmical), unrhythmic ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. rhythme, rythme, L. rhythmus, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; measured motion, measure, proportion, fr. "rei^n to flow. See Stream.] 1. In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mus.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent. Moore (Encyc.) [1913 Webster]

3. A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables. [1913 Webster]

4. The harmonious flow of vocal sounds. [1913 Webster]

n. One who writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One now scarce counted a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. L. rhythmicus, F. rhythmique. ] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm [ 1913 Webster ]

Day and night
I worked my rhythmic thought. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhythmical accent. (Mus.) See Accent, n., 6 (c). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a rhythmical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Writing rhythm; verse making. “The rhythming monk.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being without rhythm. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Rhythm + -meter. ] An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome. [ 1913 Webster ]