cadence

IPA: kˈeɪdʌns

The act or state of declining or sinking.
The measure or beat of movement.
Balanced, rhythmic flow.
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.
(horseracing) The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
(software engineering) The frequency of regular product releases.
A female given name from English.

Examples of "cadence" in Sentences

His cadence is great, and his voice is almost charming in a way.
Has anyone noticed that their bullet points have a certain cadence?
Because of its directness the cadence V-- I is called the _authentic cadence_.
But it is not just for introducing the word 'cadence' into rugby commentary that Moore is cherishable.
Light pulsed their length in cadence with the wings, indicating the transmitter within the creature was functional.
No. 1 is illustrated in Ex. 15; No. 2, in Ex. 42 and the first four measures of Ex. 43 (cadence not perfect, it is true, but same phrase-melody and _same cadence_); No. 3 is seen in Ex. 44
A line of zombies had formed at every house on the block, their "Trick or Treat!" chants in cadence, some adding the "Smell my feet" followed by the demand to "Give me something good to eat."
Cadenza, the Italian word for cadence, is the name given to an unaccompanied bravura passage introduced at or near the close of a movement as a brilliant climax, particularly in solo concertos of a virtuoso character where the element of display is prominent.
If poetic cadence, for example, resonatesor more to the point, if what we believe about the allure of cadence is that it answers to a rhythm essentially held within usthen we are, it is true, treading on structuralist ground: poetics touches us at the level of resonance sounding deep within us.