cadence

n. rhythm, beat, intonation, inflection

Cadence may refer to: In music:Cadence (music), a particular series of intervals or chords that ends a phrase, section, or piece of music.Cadenza, a long, unaccompanied, freely played, and sometimes improvised solo passage in a concerto, a drumline piece played in a parading marching band between or in place of full-band piecesMilitary cadence, a chant that is sung by military personnel while parading or marchingFootball cadence, a paticular series of vocal calls, intended to keep an offense in rhythm and cordinated to when the quarterback will hike the ball.Cadence Records, an American record label during the 1940s and 50s.Cadence Magazine, a monthly review of jazz, blues and improvised music.Cadence Weapon, a rap artist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Cadence, a song by Anberlin.
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Noun
1. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
(synonym) meter, metre, measure, beat
(hypernym) poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody
(hyponym) catalexis
(classification) prosody, metrics
2. the close of a musical section
(hypernym) passage, musical passage
(hyponym) plagal cadence, amen cadence
3. a recurrent rhythmical series
(synonym) cadency
(hypernym) rhythmicity

n. rhythm, cadency

adj. lilting, swinging, in quick time

v. give rhythm

(v. t.)
To regulate by musical measure.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
The act or state of declining or sinking.
  

(n.)
See Cadency.
  

(n.)
Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
  

(n.)
Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
  

(n.)
A uniform time and place in marching.
  

(n.)
A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
  

(n.)
A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
  

(n.)
A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.