cadence

ca·dence  (kdns)

n. pl. ca·denc·es

1. Balanced, rhythmic flow, as of poetry or oratory.

2. The measure or beat of movement, as in dancing or marching.

3.

a. A falling inflection of the voice, as at the end of a sentence.

b. General inflection or modulation of the voice.

4. Music A progression of chords moving to a harmonic close, point of rest, or sense of resolution.

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[Middle English, from Old French *cadence, from Old Italian cadenza, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, a falling, from Latin cadns, cadent-, present participle of cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

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cadenced adj.

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cadence [kade-enss]

Noun

1. the rise and fall in the pitch of the voice

2. the close of a musical phrase [Latin cadere to fall]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cadence - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse metre, meter, measure, beat metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody - (prosody) a system of versification catalexis - the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse scansion - analysis of verse into metrical patterns common meter, common measure - the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
	2.	cadence - the close of a musical section musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition amen cadence, plagal cadence - a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
	3.	cadence - a recurrent rhythmical series cadency rhythmicity - the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music

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cadence

noun 1. intonation, accent, inflection, modulation

noun 2. rhythm, beat, measure Prosody metre, pulse, throb, tempo, swing, lilt

Translations

cadence [ˈkeɪdəns] n → ritmo;

(MUS) → cadencia

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cadence [ˈkeɪdəns] n (of voice) → Tonfall m