[{"word":"arsis","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arsis"]}]