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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cadence \Ca"dence\, n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a
   falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza.
   See {Chance}.]
   1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]

            Now was the sun in western cadence low. --Milton.

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

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

            Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused
            the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men
            o'erwatched.                          --Milton.

            The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest
            cadence.                              --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.

            Golden cadence of poesy.              --Shak.

            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.

   5. (Her.) See {Cadency}.

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

   7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.

   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.

   {Imperfect cadence}. (Mus.) See under {Imperfect}.

Cadence \Ca"dence\, v. t.
   To regulate by musical measure.

         These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. --Philips.

资料来源 : WordNet®

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}]