1. Cadence.
2. Tempo. Un rythme rapide.
3. Retour périodique. Rythme des saisons, du pouls.
ETYM Old Eng. cadence, cadens, Late Lat. cadentia a falling, from Latin cadere to fall; cf. French cadence, Italian cadenza. Related to Chance.
A recurrent rhythmical series; SYN. cadency.
Rhythmical fall or modulation; Music, close of phrase, especially final chords.
In music, the closing progression of a chord sequence, usually of two chords linked by a note in common. A cadence defines the completion of a musical sentence in relation to a starting tonality.
A perfect cadence (V–I) corresponds to a full close, a plagal cadence (IV–I) corresponds to a weak close, and an imperfect cadence (I–V) corresponds to a half close. Transitional cadences, including the interrupted cadence (V–VI), resolving on a minor chord, and the Phrygian cadence are harmonically rhetorical flourishes.
ETYM Old Eng. pas, French pas, from Latin passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to Eng. patent. Related to Pas, Pass.
1. A step in walking or running; SYN. stride, tread.
2. The rate of moving (especially walking or running); SYN. gait.
3. The relative speed of progress or change; SYN. rate.
ETYM Old Fren., from Latin rata (sc. pars), from ratus reckoned, fixed by calculation, p. p. of reri to reckon, to calculate. Related to Reason.
1. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; SYN. charge per unit.
2. A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.
3. (British) A local tax on property (usually used in the plural).
ETYM French rhythme, rythme, Latin rhythmus, from Greek rhythmos measured motion, measure, proportion, from rein to flow. Related to Stream.
1. Recurring at regular intervals; SYN. regular recurrence.
2. The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; SYN. speech rhythm.
3. The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; SYN. beat, musical rhythm.
Recurring stress pattern in poetry (see meter) or prose.