rhythm   (Sound)

The noun rhythm has 5 senses

• rhythm, beat, musical rhythm -- (the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat")


• rhythm, regular recurrence -- (recurring at regular intervals)


• cycle, rhythm, round -- (an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons")


• rhythm, speech rhythm -- (the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry")


• rhythm method of birth control, rhythm method, rhythm, calendar method of birth control, calendar method -- (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))