| NOUN | communication | cadence, meter, metre, measure, beat | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
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| communication | cadence | the close of a musical section | |
| attribute | cadence, cadency | a recurrent rhythmical series |
| Sounds | key'dahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse. | |
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| Synonyms | meter, metre, measure, beat | |
| Category | prosody, metrics | The study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
| Narrower | catalexis | The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse |
| common measure, common meter | The usual / usual (iambic) meter of a ballad | |
| metrical foot, foot, metrical unit | (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | |
| scansion | Analysis of verse into metrical patterns | |
| Broader | poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern, prosody | (prosody) a system of versification |
| Spanish | cadencia, medida, metro, ritmo | |
| Catalan | cadència | |
| Meaning | The close of a musical section. | |
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| Narrower | plagal cadence, amen cadence | A cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic |
| Broader | passage, musical passage | A short section of a musical composition |
| Meaning | A recurrent rhythmical series. | |
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| Synonym | cadency | |
| Broader | rhythmicity | The rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music |
| Spanish | brisura, cadencia | |
| Catalan | brisura, cadència | |
| Adjectives | cadent | marked by a rhythmical cadence |
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