rhythm

generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions"
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Rhythm is an element of music.

Key Facts

  • Instance of: activity[3]
  • Subclass of: pace[4], Q117898917[5]
  • Commons category: Rhythms[6]
  • Said to be the same as: Irama[7]
  • Topic's main category: Q7216645[8]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Different from: Ritm[11]
  • Uses: isochrony[12]
  • Practiced by: rhythmist[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Characteristic of: music[15]

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Influence

Things named for rhythm include Bakarhythm[16], a comedian[17], b. 1975[18], of Japan[19].

Why It Matters

rhythm has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] rhythm is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for rhythm include Bakarhythm[16], a comedian[17], b. 1975[18], of Japan[19].

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  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'ar', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'chr'
    Gnd id → 4132330-0
    Sitelink count → 94
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and wea
    Harper's tag → rhythm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: rhythm, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963450|rhythm (#289963450)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 17w ago · O Breixo · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 178929
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 178929"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0203427-hudebni-rytmus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0203427-hudebni-rytmus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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