"metronomic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more metronomic [comparative], most metronomic [superlative]
Etymology: metronome + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|metronome|-ic}} metronome + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} metronomic (comparative more metronomic, superlative most metronomic)
  1. Regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome. Derived forms: metronomically Translations (regular, periodic and repetitive, like a metronome): metronòmic (Catalan), métronomique (French), metronomico (Italian), metronómico [Portugal] (Portuguese), metronômico [Brazil] (Portuguese), metronomic (Romanian), metronómico (Spanish)

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