Usually means: Musical phrases concluding a section.
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  1. cadences: Merriam-Webster
  2. cadences: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cadences: Vocabulary.com
  4. Cadence's, Cadences, cadences: Wordnik
  5. cadences: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cadences: Wiktionary
  7. cadences: Dictionary.com
  8. cadences: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. cadences: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cadences: Encyclopedia

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  1. cadences: Medical dictionary

(Note: See cadence as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cadence)

noun:  The act or state of declining or sinking.
noun:  The measure or beat of movement.
noun:  Balanced, rhythmic flow.
noun:  The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
noun:  (music) 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.
noun:  (music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
noun:  (speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
noun:  (dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.
noun:  (fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
noun:  (running) The number of steps per minute.
noun:  (cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
noun:  (military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
noun:  (heraldry) Cadency.
noun:  (horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
noun:  (horseracing) The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
noun:  (software engineering) The frequency of regular product releases.
verb:  (transitive) To give a cadence to.
verb:  (transitive) To give structure to.
noun:  A female given name from English.
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