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ca·dence

   [keyd-ns] 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, especially 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.
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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.
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verb (used with object)
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to make rhythmical.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Italian cadenza; see cadenza

Synonyms
3. tempo, pulse, rhythm, meter.

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  • This ensures a steady cadence of publications for the next few years.
  • Three months after the earthquake, some of the customary cadence of life has returned.
  • Sacks is fond of swimming, and said the one-two-three cadence of his strokes often leads him to play a waltz in his mind.
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cadence or cadency (ˈkeɪdəns)
 
—n , pl -dences, -dencies
1.  the beat or measure of something rhythmic
2.  a fall in the pitch of the voice, as at the end of a sentence
3.  modulation of the voice; intonation
4.  a rhythm or rhythmic construction in verse or prose; measure
5.  the close of a musical phrase or section
 
[C14: from Old French, from Old Italian cadenza, literally: a falling, from Latin cadere to fall]
 
cadency or cadency
 
—n
 
[C14: from Old French, from Old Italian cadenza, literally: a falling, from Latin cadere to fall]

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cadence
late 14c., "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. neut. pl. of cadens (gen. cadentis), prp. of cadere "to fall" (see case (1)). In 16c., sometimes used literally
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for "an act of falling."
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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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