isorhythmic en · ADJ
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Pertaining to or using isorhythm.
- (not-comparable) In ancient prosody, equal in the number of times for thesis and arsis, as a dactyl and anapest.