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   Ca·dence

   /ˈkādns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a modulation or inflection of the voice: "his measured cadences never convey the character's underlying passion"
   • ▪ a modulation in reading aloud as implied by the structure and ordering of words and phrases in written text: "the dry cadences of the essay"
   • ▪ a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence.
   • ▪ rhythm: "the thumping cadence of the engines"
   • 2. a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase: "the final cadences of the Prelude"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘rhythm or metrical beat’): via Old French from Italian cadenza, based on Latin cadere ‘to fall’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cadenced adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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