vt to regulate by musical measure.
2. cadence ·noun ·see cadency.
3. cadence ·noun a uniform time and place in marching.
4. cadence ·noun the act or state of declining or sinking.
5. cadence ·noun rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
6. cadence ·noun harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
7. cadence ·noun a fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
8. cadence ·noun a rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
9. cadence ·noun a cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
10. cadence ·noun the close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.