Ictus

What do we mean by ictus?

A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure. noun

The accent that falls on a stressed syllable in a line of scanned verse. noun

A stroke: as, ictus solis, sunstroke. noun

In prosody and music, rhythmical or metrical stress; additional intensity of utterance or delivery distinguishing one time or syllable in a foot or series from the others. noun

In which the accent is marked and the syllables bearing the ictus are italicized. The part of a foot on which the ictus falls is called the thesis (but see arsis). In a dipody one ictus is stronger than the other. In a colon the ictus of one measure dominates all others. A subordinate ictus can also accompany the principal ictus within the same foot. noun

The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. arsis. noun

A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. noun

The pulse noun

A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. noun

The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis. noun

A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease noun

The pulse.

A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.

In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.

Words that are spelled similarly to ictus:
ictus, rictus, actus, victus, pictus, icus, icts, ictu, itus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ictus:
ionic, reversal, ensemble, syllable, syllables, meter, figure, resulting, minor, referred, potentially, demands, sometimes, stress, foot, beat, initial, line, classical, break, orchestra, lines, theatre, contemporary, label, greek, peter, founded, right, strong, natural, independent.

Words that rhyme with ictus:
rictus, ductus, victus, conduct us, construct us, instruct us, obstruct us, sucked us, tucked us.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ictus:
metrical, first, rhythmic, second, third, initial, final, limbic, distal, silent, exceptional, rhythmical, proximal, strong, last, heavy, fourth, clinical, latin, intermediate, cerebral, sudden, single, weak, acute, unfulfilled, penultimate, regular, irregular, point, primary, stronger, actual, upward, anastomotic, syllabic, secondary, light, thetic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ictus:
position, point, inermium, accent, doctrine.

Consonant match to ictus:
actus, actos, act os.

Words that sound like ictus:
ictus, actus, oktas, rictus, victus, actis, icts, ecus, ectasy, icarus, ects, rectus, ekta, pectus, extase, ductus, akitas, ecclus, lectus, acts, cactus, actress, itis, octa, atus, acta, ocus, atis, otus, itas, icus, -itis, ottis, actless, occas, actos, kaktus, okta, factice, act as, actes, octs, aotus, icta, akus, excess, equus, attests, idus, etis, vectis, its, ics, ict, ika, ficus, intice, it's, erectus, ities, itz, fictious, equis, ecto, iks, educe, dicta, ickes, incus, agus, akis, itouch, actrice, itious, ikt, itta, acoss, estus, acus, ecton, ixe, icca, ignace, linctus, attis, ikka, ictal, -ics, acos, itts, itest, istas, itys, ekas, itse, acous, ickiest, arktis, decus, .exe.