rhythmicity

noun

rhyth·​mic·​i·​ty rit͟h-ˈmi-sə-tē 

: the state of being rhythmic or of responding rhythmically

Examples of rhythmicity in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2015, Aziz Sancar, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, won the Nobel Prize for his discovery that a skin protein that repairs damage from ultraviolet exposure is controlled by a clock gene and thus operates with circadian rhythmicity. —New York Times, 6 July 2022

Under a diurnal pattern of 12 hours of light followed by 12 hours of dark, these genes exhibited greater expressional rhythmicity, which promoted metabolic flexibility. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023

In particular, spurious hyper-connections are likely to be found whenever any difference between experimental conditions induces systematic changes in the rhythmicity of the EEG. —Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2014

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

rhythmicity

noun

rhyth·​mic·​i·​ty rit͟h-ˈmis-ət-ē 

plural rhythmicities

: the state of being rhythmic or of responding rhythmically

the rhythmicity of the heart