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eu⋅rhyth⋅my

  [yoo-rith-mee, yuh-]
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–noun
rhythmical movement or order; harmonious motion or proportion.
Also, eurythmy.

Origin:
1615–25; < L eurythmia < Gk eurythmía good proportion, gracefulness. See eu-, rhythm, -y 3
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eu·rhyth·my   (yŏŏ-rĭth'mē)   
n.  Variant of eurythmy.
eu·ryth·my also eu·rhyth·my   (yŏŏ-rĭth'mē)   
n.  

  1. Harmony of proportion in architecture.

  2. A system of rhythmical body movements performed to a recitation of verse or prose.


[Latin eurythmia, from Greek euruthmiā, from euruthmos, rhythmic, well-proportioned : eu-, eu- + rhuthmos, proportion; see rhythm.]
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