cadence

[US]/ˈkeɪdns/
[UK]/ˈkeɪdns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds; a rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words

Phrases & Collocations

rhythmic cadence

musical cadence

poetic cadence

natural cadence

melodic cadence

cadence variation

Example Sentences

the thumping cadence of the engines.

The cadence of the poem flowed gracefully.

the dry cadences of the essay.

the final cadences of the Prelude.

end a sentence with a cadence) and to balanced rhythmic flow,as in poetry (the cadence of the sea ).

there is a biblical cadence in the last words he utters.

The plagal cadence, sometimes known as the Amen cadence from ecclesiastical use, is the progression from the chord of the subdominant to the tonic, IV - I.

the measured cadences that he employed in the Senate.

S4.The fourth heart sound (S4, atrial gallop, presystolic gallop) is also the result of altered ventricular compliance.Its cadence has been likened to the soft a of appendix.

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