arsis
Noun
Meaning
That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice.
That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; -- opposed to thesis.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
pyrrhic
period
series
numbers
movement
revolution
jingle
measure
round
foot
rotation
emphasis
quantity
rhythm
meter
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