Meaning of Cadence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or state of declining or sinking.
   countable, uncountable
2. A female given name from English.
3. The measure or beat of movement.
   countable, uncountable
4. Balanced, rhythmic flow.
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5. The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
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6. 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.
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7. A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
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8. A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
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9. A dance move which ends a phrase.
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10. The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
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11. The number of steps per minute.
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12. The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
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13. A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
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14. Cadency.
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15. Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
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16. The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
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17. The frequency of regular product releases.
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Equivalents

Examples

“Now was the sun in western cadence low.”

“Getting into a good jigging rhythm means making short quick jerks in a regular cadence that might average about one jerk every 1.5 to 2 seconds.”

“You find⟳ not the apostrophas, and so miss⟳ the accent: let⟳ me supervise the canzonet. Here are only numbers ratified; but, for the elegancy, facility, and golden cadence of poesy, caret.”

“Night has now passed in the Saudi desert and as we hear⟳ from Nightline correspondent Forrest Sawyer, the normal cadence of life at the front is about to change⟳.”

“Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched.”

“The accents […] were in passion's tenderest cadence.”

“Then away at last⟳ they sped to the house or bedside of some elderly and worthy person, and Pym sat fascinated to see⟳ how swiftly Rick trimmed his manner to suit⟳ theirs, how naturally he slipped into the cadences and vernacular that put⟳ them most at ease, and how the love⟳ of God came into his good face⟳ when he talked about Liberalism and Masonry and his dear dead father, God rest⟳ him, and a firstclass rate of return⟳, ten percent guaranteed plus profits for as long as you're spared.”

“The cadence of Raimey's voice is pure Down-Easter Maine”

“The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap⟳ in a cinquepace sequence.”

“call⟳ cadence”

“In this third case, releasing more frequently, the PSI cadence becomes a planning cadence, rather than a release⟳ cadence.”

“We recommend⟳ aiming for a release⟳ cadence of no more than six months, with a goal of getting it down to three months or shorter.”

“This happens when the installation cadence in production is slower than the release⟳ cadence of the development teams.”

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