autorhythmicity

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noun

The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.

Scrabble 31

Meanings

nounautorhythmicity (uncountable)
  1. 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  13. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  14. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  15. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  16. Englishrhythmic
  17. Englishrhythmicity
  18. Englishautorhythmicity

From auto- + rhythmicity.

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autorhythmicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorhythmicity

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Chicago

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