arsis /ˈɑː(ɹ)sɪs/ noun4 •The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. •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.it comes to pass that the arsis may effect some change in the order of which it is itself the commencement — 1830 •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. •The elevation of the voice to a higher pitch in speaking. formsarses
