CADENCE

cadence, cadency

(noun) a recurrent rhythmical series

cadence

(noun) the close of a musical section

meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence

(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Cadence

A female given name from English, taken to use in the 2000s.

Etymology

Noun

cadence (countable and uncountable, plural cadences)

The act or state of declining or sinking.

Balanced, rhythmic flow.

The measure or beat of movement.

The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.

(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.

(music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.

(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.

(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.

(fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.

(running) The number of steps per minute.

(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.

(military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.

(heraldry) cadency

(horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.

Synonyms

• (musical conclusion): clausula

Verb

cadence (third-person singular simple present cadences, present participle cadencing, simple past and past participle cadenced)

To give a cadence to.

To give structure to.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ca"dence, n. Etym: [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.]

1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.] Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.

2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.

3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatched. Milton. The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott.

4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse. Golden cadence of poesy. Shak. If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be "prosed in faire cadence." Dr. Guest.

5. (Her.)

Definition: See Cadency.

6. (Man.)

Definition: Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.

7. (Mil.)

Definition: A uniform time and place in marching.

8. (Mus.) (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. (b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.

Ca"dence, v. t.

Definition: To regulate by musical measure. These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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