cadence

/ˈkeɪ̯dəns/

Etymology

From the word cadence.

cadence means A female given name from English. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 71 out of 100.

name

The act or state of declining or sinking.“Now was the sun in western cadence low.”
The measure or beat of movement.“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.”
Balanced, rhythmic flow.“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.”
The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.“Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched.”
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.
A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.

To give a cadence to.“there was besides, in an already dominating and growing element, a motive that was stronger and more enduring than enthusiasm —an implacable antagonism which acted side by side with the cause of the Union as a perpetual impelling force against the social conditions of the South, controlling the counsels of the government, and cadencing the march of its armies to the chorus: John Brown's body lies”
To give structure to.“It was the Exile, however, which cadenced the rhythm of Jewish existence”