cadence /ˈkeɪ̯dəns/noun 16verb 2forms 3 noun16 •The measure or beat of movement.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. — 1993 •Balanced, rhythmic flow.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. — 1595 •The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions. •Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse. •The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched. — 1667 •A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence. •The number of steps per minute. •The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle. •The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground •The frequency of regular product releases.In this third case, releasing more frequently, the PSI cadence becomes a planning cadence, rather than a release cadence. — 2010 •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. •A dance move which ends a phrase.The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence. •A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call. •A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. •The act or state of declining or sinking.Now was the sun in western cadence low. — 1667 •Cadency. verb2 •To give a cadence to.In this march to the City of the Dead," scores upon scores of the best musical organizations of the nation were in line, whose funeral dirges cadenced' the great wail of a bereft people. — 1910 •To give structure to.It was the Exile, however, which cadenced the rhythm of Jewish existence — 1966 formscadenced · cadencing · cadences
