metronome

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As such inherent metronomes, time crystals may be a great future asset to precision timekeeping or quantum information processing.

From Scientific American

Until the mid-19th century when it was replaced by the mechanical metronome, the human heartbeat provided the standard unit of measure for musical time.

From Scientific American

At Oxford, Watkins combined noninvasive transcranial stimulation with known speech-fluency strategies such as getting a group of people to read together in chorus or asking people to speak to the beat of a metronome.

From Scientific American

For more than six years, Scherzer has been a human metronome for this team, filling most turns and owning opponents, stomping all the while.

From Washington Post

Importantly, there was no external metronome — like music or a turn-taking game — that spurred the pairs to “tune in” to each other; it happened naturally in the course of their social interaction.

From New York Times