rhythm

Movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions.

The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound or speech.

The patterning of musical sound, as by differences in the timing, duration, or stress of consecutive notes.

A specific kind of such patterning.

A group of instruments supplying the rhythm in a band.

The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in accentual verse or of long and short syllables in quantitative verse.

The similar but less formal sequence of sounds in prose.

A specific kind of metrical pattern or flow.