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hy·per·met·ric  (hpr-mtrk)
adj.
1. Having one or more syllables in addition to those found in a standard metrical unit or line of verse.
2. Being one of these additional syllables.
hy·perme·ter (h-pûrm-tr) n.
hyper·metri·cal adj.
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These cross-rhythmic events are achieved with various means: through reinterpretation or displacement of meter, through syncopation of the left-hand-part accompanimental ostinato or through hypermetric friction (Examples 6 to 9).
44 Children's Pieces on Greek Melodies by Yannis Constantinidis: a ... by Vouvaris, Petros / American Music Teacher
In contrast, patients with midline cerebellar disorders, such as anterior lobe atrophy, often show hypermetric postural responses in which each EMG burst is too large and too long, resulting in falls in the direction opposite to the direction of perturbation.
Postural perturbations: new insights for treatment of balance ... by Shumway-Cook, Anne / Physical Therapy
16) For example, her delay in stepping backward with posterior perturbations may be due to an initial hypermetric (or exaggerated) response to the perturbation(14) (which presumably would occur in the tibialis anterior muscles), causing her COG to move anteriorly.
Rehabilitation of balance in two patients with cerebellar dysfunction by Krebs, David E. / Physical Therapy
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