Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
Synonyms: pararesonance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
- Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
- Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
- Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
- Englishrhythmic
- Englishrhythmicity
- Englishautorhythmicity
From auto- + rhythmicity.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
autorhythmicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorhythmicity
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