RHYTHM

noun see: stream Date: 1560 1. an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech, a particular example or form of ~ , 2. the aspect of music comprising all the elements (as accent, meter, and tempo) that relate to forward movement, a characteristic ~ic pattern , the group of instruments in a band supplying the ~, 3. movement, fluctuation, or variation marked by the regular recurrence or natural flow of related elements , the repetition in a literary work of phrase, incident, character type, or symbol, a regularly recurrent quantitative change in a variable biological process , the effect created by the elements in a play, movie, or novel that relate to the temporal development of the action, ~ method