cadence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪ.dn̩s/
Forms: form: cadences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cadence, from Old Italian cadenza (“conclusion of a phrase of music”), from Latin *cadentia (literally “a falling”), form of cadēns, the present participle of cadō (“I fall, I cease”). The Latin verb is inherited, via Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-e- (“to fall”, thematic present). Doublet of cadenza and chance.
Senses: examples: text: Now was the sun in western cadence low.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: The act or state of declining or sinking.
examples: text: Getting into a good jigging rhythm means making short quick jerks in a regular cadence that might average about one jerk every 1.5 to 2 seconds.
ref: 1993, Ken Schultz, “Terror of the deep”, in Field and Stream, volume 98, number 5, page 102:
glosses: The measure or beat of movement.
examples: text: You find not the apostrophas, and so miss the accent:
let me supervise the canzonet. Here are only numbers ratified;
but, for the elegancy, facility, and golden cadence of poesy,
caret.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
text: Night has now passed in the Saudi desert and as we hear from Nightline correspondent Forrest Sawyer, the normal cadence of life at the front is about to change.
ref: 1991 December 2, “At the Saudi-Kuwaiti Border”, in ABC Nightline:
glosses: Balanced, rhythmic flow.
examples: text: Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: The accents […] were in passion's tenderest cadence.
ref: 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Then away at last they sped to the house or bedside of some elderly and worthy person, and Pym sat fascinated to see how swiftly Rick trimmed his manner to suit theirs, how naturally he slipped into the cadences and vernacular that put them most at ease, and how the love of God came into his good face when he talked about Liberalism and Masonry and his dear dead father, God rest him, and a firstclass rate of return, ten percent guaranteed plus profits for as long as you're spared.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
text: The cadence of Raimey's voice is pure Down-Easter Maine
ref: 1991 December 30, David Holmstrom, “Raimey: A Breath of Fresh Ayah”, in Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
qualifier: speech
glosses: A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
examples: text: The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A dance move which ends a phrase.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
qualifier: running
glosses: The number of steps per minute.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
examples: call cadence
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Cadency.
qualifier: horse-riding
glosses: Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
topics: hobbies
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
examples: text: In this third case, releasing more frequently, the PSI cadence becomes a planning cadence, rather than a release cadence.
ref: 2010 12, Dean Leffingwell, Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 317:
text: We recommend aiming for a release cadence of no more than six months, with a goal of getting it down to three months or shorter.
ref: 2012, Scott Ambler, Mark Lines, Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise, IBM Press, page 227:
text: This happens when the installation cadence in production is slower than the release cadence of the development teams.
ref: 2016 9, Jaokim Verona, Michael Duffy, Paul Swartout, Learning DevOps: Continuously Develop Better Software, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 47:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: The frequency of regular product releases.
Synonyms: sense: musical conclusion
word: clausula
Derived terms: amen cadence
Andalusian cadence
authentic cadence
cadence-lypso
cadence rampa
closed cadence
Corelli cadence
deceptive cadence
demicadence
drum cadence
English cadence
half cadence
imperfect authentic cadence
imperfect cadence
intercadence
interrupted cadence
jody cadence
Jody cadence
Landini cadence
open cadence
perfect authentic cadence
perfect cadence
Phrygian cadence
Phrygian half cadence
plagal cadence
ring cadence
standard cadence
surpise cadence
under-third cadence
Related terms: cadaver
Tierce de Picardie