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Cadence
Cadence Ca"dence, v. t.
To regulate by musical measure.
These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. --Philips.
CadencyCadency Ca"den*cy, n.
Descent of related families; distinction between the members
of a family according to their ages.
Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position
of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant
of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.). Cadene
Cadene Ca*dene", n. [Cf. F. cad[`e]ne.]
A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant.
--McElrath.
Cadent
Cadent Ca"dent, a. [L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to
fall.]
Falling. [R.] ``Cadent tears.' --Shak.
Cadenza
Cadenza Ca*den"za, n. [It.] (Mus.)
A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of
a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.
Decadent
Decadent De*ca"dent, a.
Decaying; deteriorating.
Decadent
Decadent De*ca"dent, n.
One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one
characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who
are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a
certain school of modern French writers.
The decadents and [ae]sthetes, and certain types of
realists. --C. L. Dana.
The business men of a great State allow their State to
be represented in Congress by ``decadents'. --The
Century.
Demicadence
Demicadence Dem"i*ca`dence
. (Mus.)
An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead
of on the key note.
Half cadenceHalf Half (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun,
half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb,
Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[=a]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf.
Halve, Behalf.]
1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half
hour; a half dollar; a half view.
Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a
compound.
2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half;
approximately a half, whether more or less; partial;
imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson.
Half ape (Zo["o]l.), a lemur.
Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back.
Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in
the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch.
Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back
and corners are in leather.
Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a
scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only.
Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the
half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.
Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant.
Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak.
A half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when
retained by the first notch. LeucadendronLeucadendron Leu`ca*den"dron (l[=u]`k[.a]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + de`ndron tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope,
having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the
silverboom of the colonists. Leucadendron argenteumLeucadendron Leu`ca*den"dron (l[=u]`k[.a]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. leyko`s white + de`ndron tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope,
having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the
silverboom of the colonists. Marks of cadencyCadency Ca"den*cy, n.
Descent of related families; distinction between the members
of a family according to their ages.
Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position
of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant
of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.). Perfect cadencePerfect Per"fect, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait,
F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the
end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see Per-) + facere
to make, do. See Fact.]
1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not
defective nor redundant; having all the properties or
qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw,
fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure;
sound; right; correct.
My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor.
xii. 9.
Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind. --Shak.
O most entire perfect sacrifice! --Keble.
God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
2. Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms.
--Shak.
3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
said of flower.
Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close
in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
Perfect chord (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is
perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the
unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a
common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
fifth, and octave.
Perfect number (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all
its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors,
are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See Abundant number, under
Abundant. --Brande & C.
Perfect tense (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or
state completed. Plagal cadencePlagal Pla"gal, a. [F., from Gr. ? sidewise, slanting.] (Mus.)
Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; --
said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to
those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its
octave.
Plagal cadence, a cadence in which the final chord on the
tonic is preceded by the chord on the subdominant. Recadency
Recadency Re*ca"den*cy, n.
A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse. --W.
Montagu.
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