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Cadence
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.
(2):
(n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
(3):
(n.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
(4):
(v. t.) To regulate by musical measure.
(5):
(n.) A uniform time and place in marching.
(6):
(n.) A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
(7):
(n.) Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
(8):
(n.) See Cadency.
(9):
(n.) A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
(10):
(n.) The act or state of declining or sinking.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cadence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cadence.html. 1828.
