RHYTHMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhythmic mean? 

• RHYTHMIC (adjective)
  The adjective RHYTHMIC has 1 sense:

1. recurring with measured regularity

  Familiarity information: RHYTHMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHYTHMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recurring with measured regularity

Synonyms:

rhythmic; rhythmical

Context example:

rhythmical prose

Similar:

Adonic (having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee)

cadenced; cadent (marked by a rhythmical cadence)

danceable (suitable for dancing)

jazzy (resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm))

lilting; swinging; swingy; tripping (characterized by a buoyant rhythm)

measured; metric; metrical (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables)

Sapphic (a meter used by Sappho and named after her)

chantlike; intoned; singsong (uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting)

syncopated (stressing a normally weak beat)

throbbing (pounding or beating strongly or violently)

Also:

regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)

Derivation:

rhythm (recurring at regular intervals)

rhythm (an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs)

rhythmicity (the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music)

 Context examples 

Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.

(Ingestive Behavior, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Device problems caused by the constant rhythmic motion of the device, a device's component, or something in the environment to which the device is exposed.

(Device Vibration Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Not rhythmic pulse irregular in beat or accent.

(Irregular Pulse, NCI Thesaurus)

A series of coordinated, rhythmic muscle contractions that occur throughout the length of the gastrointestinal tract and in the ureters.

(Peristalsis, NCI Thesaurus)

Rhythmic blinking of the eyelids or lip smacking frequently accompanies the seizure.

(Petit Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

On the third day out we were aware of a singular deep throbbing in the air, rhythmic and solemn, coming and going fitfully throughout the morning.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Do not include tremor (repetitive, regular, rhythmic movements).

(AIMS - Upper Extremities, NCI Thesaurus)

Dr. Smith’s lab investigates how breathing is controlled by the rhythmic firing of neurons in the preBötzinger complex, the brain’s breathing center that his lab helped discover.

(Star-like cells may help the brain tune breathing rhythms, National Institutes of Health)

‘Clock genes’ form part of the central system known as the circadian clock, which regulates the body’s rhythmic functions.

(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)

The end of the alley was blocked by a one-story brick building, out of which issued the rhythmic thunder of the presses, running off the first edition of the Enquirer.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)