English▸ noun
1 a modulation or inflection of the voice:
the measured cadences that he employed in the Senate.
▪ a modulation in reading aloud as implied by the structure and ordering of words and phrases in written text:
the dry cadences of the essay.
▪ a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence.
▪ rhythm:
the thumping cadence of the engines
try to vary your cadence during a run.
– ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘rhythm or metrical beat’): via Old French from Italian cadenza, based on Latin cadere ‘to fall’.