[Middle English sedule, slip of parchment or paper, note, from Old French cedule, from Late Latin schedula, diminutive of scheda, variant of Latin scida, papyrus strip, from Greek skhida, skhedÄ; perhaps akin to skhizein, to split; see schizo-.] schedâ²uÂ·lar adj.
Grammatical inflection (sometimes known as accidence or flection in more traditional grammars) is the way in which a word is changed or altered in form in order to achieve a new, specific meaning.
1.2 A fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence. Example sentences. 1  Waiting for the closing cadence, a harbinger of your distraction, is like waiting for the poppy buds to split open and spill their compressed warmth, their inevitable defeat. Her voice was the same, but the cadence and inflection of speech was entirely Karen's. 2  The opportunity to observe the witnesses, hear the inflections in voice, the cadence of speech, possible delays in answer, impart a great advantage to the trier who is on the scene.