01 n. In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agree…
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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.
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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.(Mus.)
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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.
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The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.