Arsis (Crossword)

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• The upward stroke in conducting
• That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation
• · the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus or stress
• (less commonly) a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus
• Arsis is a term applied in prosody to that syllable in a measure where the emphasis is put
• In music, arsis is the elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised
• 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

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