Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The group (of three, five, two-fours, etc.) which serves as unit in an auditory or tactual rhythm.
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Examples
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Parallel with this increase in the time-value of the unit-group goes an increase in the preponderance of the accented element over the intensity of the other members of the group.
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In the former the absolute duration of the unit-group suffers progressive decrease as the rate of succession among the stimuli is accelerated; in the latter a series of extensions of its total duration takes place as the number of elements composing the unit is increased.
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