arsis

arsis is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Hermann.

[2] That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.

[3] 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 thesis. Moore.

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