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CADENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cadency mean?
• CADENCY (noun)
The noun CADENCY has 1 sense:
1. a recurrent rhythmical series
Familiarity information: CADENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A recurrent rhythmical series
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
cadence; cadency
Hypernyms ("cadency" is a kind of...):
rhythmicity (the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music)
Derivation:
cadent (marked by a rhythmical cadence)
Context examples
And pray, sir second son, where is the cadency mark which should mark your rank.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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