noun see: stream
Date: 1560
1. an ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech, a particular example or form of rhythm ,
2. the aspect of music comprising all the elements (as accent, meter, and tempo) that relate to forward movement, a characteristic rhythmic pattern , the group of instruments in a band supplying the rhythm,
3. movement, fluctuation, or variation marked by the regular recurrence or natural flow of related elements , the repetition in a literary work of phrase, incident, character type, or symbol, a regularly recurrent quantitative change in a variable biological process , the effect created by the elements in a play, movie, or novel that relate to the temporal development of the action, rhythm method