cadence
noun/ˈkeɪdns/
/ˈkeɪdns/
- (formal) the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
- He delivered his words in slow, measured cadences.
- the end of a musical phrase
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘rhythm or metrical beat’): via Old French from Italian cadenza, based on Latin cadere ‘to fall’.
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