arsis (English, noun)
expansion: arsis (countable and uncountable, plural arses)
Senses:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: arses
tags: plural