or Repose, in Music, (from the Latin cadere "to fall or descend"); the termination of an harmonical phrase on a repose, or on a perfect chord. See Music, Art. 73—76, and 132—137.

Reading, is a falling of the voice below the key-note at the close of every period. In reading, whether prose or verse, a certain tone is assumed which is called the key-note; and in this tone the bulk of the words are sounded; but this note is generally lowered towards the close of every sentence.

in the manege, an equal measure or proportion, observed by a horse in all his motions; so that his times have an equal regard to one another, the one does not embrace or take in more ground than the other, and the horse observes his ground regularly.