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Rhythm (2000 film)
Rhythm (ரிதம்) is a 2000 Tamil musical romantic drama directed by Vasanth, starring Arjun Sarja and Meena as two widowed strangers in Mumbai, with A. R. Rahman's five-element soundtrack and lyrics by Vairamuthu; released 15 September 2000, it underperformed initially but became a beloved classic.
Rhythm + Flow
Rhythm + Flow is Netflix's hip-hop competition series, premiering October 9, 2019 with judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I.; season 1 winner D Smoke, season 2 (November 2024, Ludacris, DJ Khaled, Latto) winner DreTL, $250,000 prize.
Rhythm 0
Rhythm 0 (1974), Marina Abramović's six-hour performance at Studio Morra, Naples: she stood as "the object" while an audience used 72 objects, from a rose to a loaded gun, on her.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues (R&B) is an African American popular music genre blending blues, jazz, and gospel with a strong beat, coined by Jerry Wexler at Billboard in 1949 and now an umbrella term covering soul, funk, and contemporary R&B.
Rhythm changes
Rhythm changes: the 32-bar AABA jazz chord progression derived from Gershwin's 1930 song "I Got Rhythm" (I Got Rhythm changes), with I–vi–ii–V A sections and a III7–VI7–II7–V7 bridge, usually in B-flat, the second-most-played jazz form after the 12-bar blues.
RHYTHM DETECT study
RHYTHM DETECT (NCT02275637), an Italian prospective multicenter registry sponsored by Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia since September 2014, enrolls up to 10,000 unselected ICD recipients to find predictors of appropriate and inappropriate shock therapy, with substudies on S-ICD outcomes.
Rhythm Doctor
Rhythm Doctor is a one-button pixel-art rhythm game by 7th Beat Games and indienova; players defibrillate patients on the 7th beat. Flash game from 2011, Steam Early Access 2021, full release December 6, 2025.
Rhythm game
Rhythm game genre: music video games scored on timing precision. Key titles DDR (1998), Pump It Up (1999), Guitar Hero (2005), Rock Band (2007); 18% of US market at 2008 peak; Beat Saber leads VR today.
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar: the guitar role providing chordal and rhythmic accompaniment in a band, distinct from lead guitar's melodies and solos; techniques include strumming, palm muting, and arpeggios, with noted players such as Malcolm Young and Nile Rodgers.
Rhythm Heaven
Rhythm Heaven (Rhythm Paradise; original title Rhythm Tengoku, リズム天国) is Nintendo's rhythm minigame series begun on GBA in 2006, with DS, Wii, 3DS entries and Rhythm Heaven Groove on Switch, July 2, 2026, music by Tsunku.
Rhythm Heaven
Rhythm Heaven (Rhythm Tengoku, Rhythm Paradise) is Nintendo and Tsunku's rhythm minigame series, 2006-2026, spanning GBA, DS, Wii, 3DS, and Switch, with beat-following gameplay, Superb/OK/Try Again scoring, and over 5.18 million copies sold.
Rhythm Heaven Groove
Rhythm Heaven Groove (Rhythm Paradise Groove in Europe) is a Nintendo Switch rhythm game by Nintendo EPD and TNX, released July 2, 2026, with 80+ solo minigames, 30+ multiplayer games, and the Beatspell RPG mode.
Rhythm Is a Dancer
Rhythm Is a Dancer is a 1992 Eurodance single by German group Snap! (also known by its pseudonyms context), from The Madman's Return, sampling Newcleus's "Automan"; it topped the UK chart for six weeks in 1992, unlike unrelated academic works titled "Rhythm is a Dancer".
Rhythm of the Night (song)
Rhythm of the Night (song): 1985 DeBarge hit written by Diane Warren, produced by Richard Perry for The Last Dragon soundtrack; number 3 Billboard Hot 100, number 1 R&B and Adult Contemporary, UK number 4; distinct from Corona's 1993 The Rhythm of the Night.
Rhythm of War
Rhythm of War (2020) is Brandon Sanderson's fourth Stormlight Archive novel and sequel to Oathbringer, published by Tor Books; a #1 New York Times bestseller continuing the war against Odium on Roshar.
Rhythm Power
Rhythm Power (리듬파워) is a South Korean hip-hop trio from Incheon made up of high school friends Hangzoo, Boi B, and Geegooin, who debuted in 2010 under Amoeba Culture.
Rhythm Sangwan
Rhythm Sangwan (born 2003) is an Indian pistol shooter; holds the 25m pistol qualification world record (595, Baku 2023), won four golds at the 2021 Junior Worlds, Asian Games team gold, and competed at Paris 2024.
Rhythm section
Rhythm section: the band instruments supplying rhythm and harmonic support, typically piano or guitar, bass, and drums in jazz, guitar, electric bass, drums, and keyboard in pop; covers comping, walking bass, and swing groove roles.
Rhythm Zone
Rhythm Zone (リズムゾーン) is a club-oriented Japanese record label within the Avex group, whose dance-and-vocal roster includes EXILE, winner of four Japan Record Awards, and Koda Kumi.
Rhythmbox
Rhythmbox is a free music playing and management application for the GNOME desktop, built on GStreamer and first released in 2001; it has been Ubuntu's default music player since 12.04 LTS.
Rhythmic auditory stimulation
Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) is a standardized neurologic music therapy technique that cues movement with metronome pulses or music, improving gait in Parkinson's disease and stroke since the 1990s.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics, a women's gymnastics discipline with hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon, and rope, governed by World Gymnastics/FIG; first Worlds Budapest 1963, Olympic since 1984, dominated by Soviet and Russian athletes.
Rhytidectomy
Rhytidectomy, commonly called a facelift, is a surgical procedure that removes excess facial skin and repositions deeper facial tissues to reduce wrinkles and sagging of the face and neck.
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, springy turf-moss (Square goose neck moss), a Hylocomiaceae lawn and grassland moss with right-angled squarrose leaves giving star-like shoot tips; widespread in Europe, introduced in New Zealand and Tasmania.
Ri Jong-yol
Ri Jong-yol (리정렬), who renamed himself Lee Jung-ho, is a North Korean defector and math prodigy who won four straight International Mathematical Olympiad silver medals before defecting in 2016.
Ri Se Gwang
Ri Se Gwang (리세광), born 1985, North Korean artistic gymnast, 2016 Olympic vault champion and 2014, 2015, 2018 world vault champion; two eponymous Code of Points vaults.
Ri Sol-ju (리설주)
Ri Sol-ju (리설주) is the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and mother of Kim Ju Ae, identified by state media in July 2012; her public visibility has alternated with absences, notably January 2024 to June 2025.
Ri Song Hui
Ri Song Hui (리성姬, Ri Song-Hui), born 1978, North Korean weightlifter; two Olympic lightweight silvers (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004), 2002 world champion, multiple world records, later DPRK coach and referee.
RI Witness
RI Witness is an electronic witnessing system for IVF laboratories that uses RFID to track gametes and embryos, alerting staff immediately if samples from different patients come together.
Ri Yong Gum
Ri Yong Gum (리영금), born 1999, is a North Korean cross-country skier of Jangjasan Sports Club who finished 89th in the women's 10 km freestyle at Pyeongchang 2018 after a special invitation; distinct from weightlifter Ri Song-Gum.