cadence

English Thesaurus

1. a recurrent rhythmical series (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	rhythmicity,
definition	:	the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music (noun.attribute)

2. the close of a musical section (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	musical passage, passage,
definition	:	a short section of a musical composition (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	amen cadence, plagal cadence,
definition	:	a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic (noun.communication)

3. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	poetic rhythm, prosody, rhythmic pattern,
definition	:	(prosody) a system of versification (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	catalexis,
definition	:	the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	scansion,
definition	:	analysis of verse into metrical patterns (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	common measure, common meter,
definition	:	the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	foot, metrical foot, metrical unit,
definition	:	(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm (noun.communication)

domain category	:	metrics, prosody,
definition	:	the study of poetic meter and the art of versification (noun.cognition)

4. a recurrent rhythmical series (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cadenced, cadent,
definition	:	marked by a rhythmical cadence (adj.all)

5. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse (noun.communication)

derivation	:	measured, metric, metrical,
definition	:	the rhythmic arrangement of syllables (adj.all)

6. a recurrent rhythmical series (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	cadenced, cadent,
definition	:	marked by a rhythmical cadence (adj.all)

7. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse (noun.communication)

derivation	:	measured, metric, metrical,
definition	:	the rhythmic arrangement of syllables (adj.all)