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eu⋅rhyth⋅mics

[yoo-rith-miks, yuh-]
–noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
the art of interpreting in bodily movements the rhythm of musical compositions: applied to a method invented by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, a Swiss composer, aiming to develop the sense of rhythm and symmetry.


Origin:
1910–15; see eurhythmic, -ics
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eu·rhyth·mics   (yŏŏ-rĭth'mĭks)   
n.   (used with a sing. verb)
Variant of eurythmics.
eu·ryth·mics also eu·rhyth·mics   (yŏŏ-rĭth'mĭks)   
n.   (used with a sing. verb)
The art of interpreting musical compositions by rhythmical, free-style bodily movement.
eu·ryth'mic adj.
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