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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a metronome.
- adjective Mechanically or unvaryingly regular in rhythm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a metronome, or to tempo as indicated by a metronome
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Regular ,periodic andrepetitive , like ametronome .
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Examples
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"But the late Judah Folkman discovered in 2000 that so-called metronomic treatment, giving patients lower doses of these drugs more frequently, can keep cancer growth at bay by blocking blood vessel formation, but the exact mechanism by which this occurred wasn't known," says Gregg L. Semenza, M.D.,
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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It is simply a transcription of the sheet music, and like all such "metronomic" rolls, it needs to be properly played.
WN.com - Articles related to Universal Technical Institute offers new $45K scholarship program 2010
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Yet the writing style - a kind of metronomic Ellroy-level intensity - pervades both, as does the startling ability to capture a sense of place and time.
cityofsound 2008
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Yet the writing style - a kind of metronomic Ellroy-level intensity - pervades both, as does the startling ability to capture a sense of place and time.
cityofsound 2008
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Yet the writing style - a kind of metronomic Ellroy-level intensity - pervades both, as does the startling ability to capture a sense of place and time.
cityofsound 2008
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"metronomic" rolls, it needs to be properly played.
WN.com - Articles related to Universal Technical Institute offers new $45K scholarship program 2010
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By 10pm she will be back on a night shift running through to 6am, a sharp reintroduction to the rig's metronomic work patterns.
A working life: The gas rig technician Graham Snowdon 2010
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In past years, Mr. Carter accepts that he failed to deliver, either with his normally metronomic left boot, or with the piercing try-scoring runs that have defined his game.
Rugby Star Shoulders New Zealand's Hopes Lucy Craymer 2011
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That's the music with the wild accordion, the metronomic 2/4 bass beat, and a wonderful corniness that only hick cultures i.e., Mexicans, Czechs and Poles can truly love--mostly because the music was introduced to the borderlands between northern Mexico and Texas in the mid-1800s.
Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Is that Polka or 'Conjunto Norteño'? Gustavo Arellano 2011
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Both find fairways and greens with metronomic regularity and thrive under the pressure of a Ryder Cup.
Ryder Cup 2010: Singles matches analysis Lawrence Donegan at Celtic Manor 2010
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