1. Noun
The act or state of declining or sinking.
2. Noun
A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
3. Noun
A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
4. Noun
Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
5. Noun
See Cadency.
6. Noun
Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
7. Noun
A uniform time and place in marching.
8. Noun
The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.
9. Noun
A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
10. Verb
To regulate by musical measure.
11. Noun
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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