metronomic
adjective
met·ro·nom·ic
ˌme-trə-ˈnä-mik 
variants
or less commonly metronomical
1
: mechanically regular (as in action or tempo)
… the swimmer's arms lift and glide under the surface in a reliable metronomic cadence …—
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medical
: of, relating to, or being a drug or regimen of drugs administered in low doses at regular intervals over an extended period of time
metronomic chemotherapy
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All that effort coalesced into an assault that runs with metronomic smoothness and offers up the propulsive destruction that defines this franchise.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
But the metronomic rhythm Oroz possessed was prescient.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Their strong magnetic fields can produce beams of radio waves that sweep across the sky like a lighthouse, resulting in metronomic radio pulses with intervals ranging from milliseconds to seconds.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
The Lionesses played with freedom, especially down the right side, with the metronomic Walsh, Bronze and Beth Mead connecting well.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
But the metronomic rhythm Oroz possessed was prescient.
—Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Their strong magnetic fields can produce beams of radio waves that sweep across the sky like a lighthouse, resulting in metronomic radio pulses with intervals ranging from milliseconds to seconds.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
The Lionesses played with freedom, especially down the right side, with the metronomic Walsh, Bronze and Beth Mead connecting well.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for metronomic
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“Metronomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metronomic. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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metronomic
adjective
met·ro·nom·ic
ˌme-trə-ˈnäm-ik
: of, relating to, or being a drug or regimen of drugs administered in low doses at regular intervals over an extended period of time
metronomic cyclophosphamide
metronomic chemotherapy
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