rhythmics

noun (used with a singular verb)

1. the science of rhythm and rhythmic forms.

adjective

1. cadenced; rhythmical.

noun

2. rhythmics.

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the study of rhythmic movement

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by rhythm, as in movement or sound; metrical, periodic, or regularly recurring

adj.

1560s, from French rhythmique or directly from Latin rhythmicus, from Greek rhythmikos, from rhythmos (see rhythm). Related: Rhythmical; rhythmically.