Music and Prosody. A relation or ratio between musical pitches, durations, etc.; the state of being in such a relation; musical or metrical rhythm…

Music. The relation between the time values of a note of one denomination and a note of the next, determining the kind of rhythm (duple, triple…

Music. The ratio of the duration of a long or a large to that of the next longest note, which determines rhythm; = mood, n.2 3a. Obsolete.

Cadence, rhythm.

Music. In late medieval music: the ratio of the duration of a large to a long, or a long to a breve, in the rhythm of a piece (cf. mode, n. 1b)…

Music. The systematic grouping of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodical stress; beat; an instance of this, a particular…

Rhythm, esp. in music. Obsolete.

A leap or spring, esp. in dancing. Hence, the swing or rhythm of a tune. to keep stot, to keep step or time (with); also figurative.

Music. The division of a longer note into shorter notes, constituting ‘time’ or rhythm; plural ‘measures’, measured strains. Obsolete.

Music. The division of a long note into six equal parts; sextuple metre (see sextuple, adj. 2). rare and historical in later use.

Music. The length or value of a note. Obsolete. rare.

Music. = rhythm, n. 2a.

The measure or beat of music, dancing, or any rhythmical movement; e.g. of marching.

Music. The rhythmic pattern or character of a piece or passage of music, typically expressed in terms of the way in which beats are grouped into…

= cadence, n. 1; cadent quality.

Music. The manner of transition from note to note or passage to passage in a piece of music; relative speed, tempo. Now rare.

The rhythmical cadence or ‘swing’ of a tune or of verse. Chiefly literary.

Music. The basic rhythmic pattern of beats in a piece of music (or part thereof), usually denoted at the beginning by a time signature; = measure, n.…

In medieval mensural notation, the duration of the breve relative to that of the semibreve; = time, n. 26b. Cf. prolation, n. 2, mood, n.2 3a.

Rhythm. rare.