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ca⋅dence
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noun, verb, -denced, -denc⋅ing.–noun Also, cadency.
| 1. | rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language. |
| 2. | (in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured. |
| 3. | the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement: The chorus line danced in rapid cadence. |
| 4. | the flow or rhythm of events, esp. the pattern in which something is experienced: the frenetic cadence of modern life. |
| 5. | a slight falling in pitch of the voice in speaking or reading, as at the end of a declarative sentence. |
| 6. | the general modulation of the voice. |
| 7. | Music. a sequence of notes or chords that indicates the momentary or complete end of a composition, section, phrase, etc. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to make rhythmical. |
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Cadence
Ca"dence\, n. [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.) See Cadency. 6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse. 7. (Mil.) 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.Cadence
Ca"dence\, v. t. To regulate by musical measure. These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. --Philips.
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Language Translation for : cadence
Spanish:
melodía, ritmo,
German:
fröhliche Weise,
Japanese:
活発なリズム
cadence
c.1384, "flow of rhythm in verse or music," from M.Fr. cadence, O.It. cadenza "conclusion of a movement in music," lit. "a falling," from V.L. *cadentia, from L. cadens prp. of cadere "to fall" (see case (1)). In 16c., sometimes used literally for "an act of falling." The It. form cadenza was borrowed 1836 as a musical term for "ornamental passage near the close of a song or solo."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cadence
in music, the ending of a phrase, perceived as a rhythmic or melodic articulation or a harmonic change or all of these; in a larger sense, a cadence may be a demarcation of a half-phrase, of a section of music, or of an entire movement
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