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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.
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the flow or rhythm of events, especially the pattern in which something is experienced: the frenetic cadence of modern life.
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EXPANDa 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.
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COLLAPSEMusic. a sequence of notes or chords that indicates the momentary or complete end of a composition, section, phrase, etc.
verb (used with object)
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to make rhythmical.
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Synonyms
3. tempo, pulse, rhythm, meter.
3. tempo, pulse, rhythm, meter.
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDfor "an act of falling."
COLLAPSE
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