ac·cel·er·an·do
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Audio Help [ak-sel-uh-ran-doh, -rahn-; It. aht-che-le-rahn-daw] Pronunciation Key –adverb, adjective Music.
| gradually increasing in speed. |
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Accelerando
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| ac·cel·er·an·do
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adv. & adj. Gradually accelerating or quickening in time. Used chiefly as a direction. n. pl. ac·cel·er·an·dos An accelerando passage or movement. [Italian, present participle of accelerare, to hasten, from Latin accelerāre; see accelerate.] |
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| accelerando | |
adjective | |
| 1. | gradually increasing in tempo |
adverb | |
| 1. | with increasing speed; "here you must play accelerando" |
noun | |
| 1. | a gradually increasing tempo of music; "my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos" |
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Accelerando
Ac*cel`er*an"do\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Gradually accelerating the movement.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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