beat
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~ the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat"
beat
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~ the sound of stroke or blow; "he heard the beat of a drum"
beat
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~ a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
beat
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~ a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
beat
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~ (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
beat
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~ a stroke or blow; "the signal was two beats on the steam pipe"
beat
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~ the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing
beat
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~ the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
beat
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~ a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior