Cadence: Definition and part of speech

Cadence

v. t. To regulate by musical measure.
n. The act or state of declining or sinking.
n. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
n. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
n. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
n. See Cadency.
n. Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
n. A uniform time and place in marching.
n. The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.
n. A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

n. A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.