cadency

noun cadency

• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• tempo — Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
• pulse — the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas, beans, or lentils.
• meter — an instrument for measuring, especially one that automatically measures and records the quantity of something, as of gas, water, miles, or time, when it is activated.
• measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.