Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Pertaining to or using isorhythm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adj
In ancient prosody, equal in the number of times for thesis and arsis, as a dactyl and anapest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dh-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hruthmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic English isorhythmic From iso- + rhythmic.
