Found 3 items, similar to cadence.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: cadence irama
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cadence cadence n 1: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat] 2: the close of a musical section 3: a recurrent rhythmical series [syn: cadency]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cadence Cadence \Ca"dence\, v. t. To regulate by musical measure. [1913 Webster] These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. --Philips. [1913 Webster] Cadence \Ca"dence\, n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Now was the sun in western cadence low. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence. [1913 Webster] 3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. [1913 Webster] Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatched. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse. [1913 Webster] Golden cadence of poesy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be “prosed in faire cadence.” --Dr. Guest. [1913 Webster] 5. (Her.) See Cadency. [1913 Webster] 6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mus.) (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. (b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. [1913 Webster] Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect. [1913 Webster]