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