arsis (0 synonym found)
Definition of arsis:

(n) : Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
(n) : (music) The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
(n) : (poetry) The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
(n) : (music) 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 the thesis.
(n) : The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.
Definition of arsis:

(n) : Raising of the voice in prosody, accented part of a metrical foot
(n) : (music) The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
(n) : (poetry) The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
(n) : (music) 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 the thesis.
(n) : The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.
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