In music see: Cadence (music)
The term cadence is also used in dance. Unsurprisingly, it is used to refer to a dance move which ends a phrase. For example, the cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.
In the United States armed services, a cadence is a chant that is sung by miltary personnel while running or marching. A common United States Marine Corps cadence goes:
- Way back when at the dawn of time.
- In the heart of death valley where the sun don't shine.
- The roughest toughest fighter ever known was made.
- From an M-16 and a live grenade.
- He was a lean mean green fighting machine.
- He proudly bore the title of US Marine.
There is also an electronic design automation company called Cadence Design Systems.