(n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a
regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc.,
producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the
like.
(n.) Movement in musical time, with periodical recurrence of
accent; the measured beat or pulse which marks the character and
expression of the music; symmetry of movement and accent.
(n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular
succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice
on words or syllables.
(n.) The harmonious flow of vocal sounds.
