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metrically

metrically

6.7
Relating to the rhythm in poetry or music
  • adverb
  • /ˈmɛtrɪkli/
  • Literature
translation icon : métricamente
  • Findings were consistent with the original study in that more spontaneous rhythmic movements were found in response to music and metrically regular stimuli than to speech.
  • metrically regular
  • metrically regular stimuli

Examples

  • The authors interpreted these findings as human predispositions for metrically regular stimuli.

    Academic text (2015)
  • This activity can be done either metrically or nonmetrically.

    Academic text (2014)
  • I mean, maybe not metrically accurate, but that's another story.

  • By inventory, we mean that the robot will build a metrically accurate map that is annotated with other tactically important information.

    Academic text (2011)
  • If done metrically, the drummer can play a groove while the students take turns soloing over four- or eight-measure sections.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Similarly, Western symbolization of duration forces the rhythm into metric groupings of two, three, four, or more, whether the music was originally structured metrically or not.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In a recent study, 5- to 24-month-olds displayed more spontaneous rhythmic movements to recorded music with regular pulse and metrically regular stimuli than to speech sounds (Zentner & Eerola, 2010).

    Academic text (2015)
  • At 300–350 nm across, the coated liposomes qualified—metrically speaking—as nanoparticles.

    Academic text (2003)
  • 3D models can provide metrically correct dimensions of structures or architectural features—useful for tracking cultural trends, alterations in design over time, and the planning and management of restoration efforts (Fig. 2).

    Academic text (2007)
  • In this music class, we will learn to compose metrically structured pieces.

How Rhythmic

metrically
  • Literature
6.7
rhythmically
10 4.1
irregularly
4 4.2

Surface Forms

metrically positive

Morphology

metrically = metrical (transparent) = metrical + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'metrical' with a direct, predictable meaning.

Etymology

Metrically comes from the old Greek root metron, which means 'measure', and it is the same root you see in meter (a unit or a poem's rhythm) and metric. So, to do something metrically is to do it by its measured beat or rhythm, as in music or poetry.