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Definition of rhythmic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rhythmic

adjective
 
/ˈrɪðmɪk/
 
/ˈrɪðmɪk/
(also less frequent rhythmical
 
/ˈrɪðmɪkl/
 
/ˈrɪðmɪkl/
)
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  1. having a regular pattern of sounds, movements or events
    • music with a fast, rhythmic beat
    • Do the exercises with slow, rhythmic movements.
    • the rhythmic ticking of the clock
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRhythmic is used with these nouns:
    • beat
    • breathing
    • gymnastics
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French rhythmique or via Latin from Greek rhuthmikos, from rhuthmos (related to rhein ‘to flow’).
See rhythmic in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee rhythmic in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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