arsis

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
 * 2)  The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.
 * 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 the thesis.
 * 4) The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.
 * 1) The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: arse, ársis

Noun

 * 1) arsis