different between heartbeat vs anapestic

English

Etymology

From heart +? beat

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??t?bi?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h??t?bit/, [?h???bi?]

Noun

heartbeat (plural heartbeats)

1. One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.

   The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain

   He alone gives me such heartbeats

2. The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator

   If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!

3. A driving impulse or vital force.

   Music is the heartbeat of the people.

4. A very short space of time; an instant.

   The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat.

5. (computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.

Synonyms

• (rhythm at which a heart pulsates): pulse

Derived terms

• in a heartbeat

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• anapaestic (UK)
• anapestick (obsolete)

Etymology

anapest +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.?pi?.st?k/

Adjective

anapestic (comparative more anapestic, superlative most anapestic)

1. of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
2. of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
3. of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
4. of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.

Translations

Noun

anapestic (plural anapestics)

1. A verse that contains anapestic feet

Anagrams

• Capetians, antapices, anti-space, antispace, captaines

Romanian

Etymology

From French anapestique, from Latin anapaesticus.

Adjective

anapestic m or n (feminine singular anapestic?, masculine plural anapestici, feminine and neuter plural anapestice)

1. anapestic

Declension