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calando

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ca⋅lan⋅do

  [kah-lahn-doh] Music.
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–adjective
1. becoming slower and softer; dying away.
–adverb
2. in a slower, softer manner.
Origin:
‡ 1850–55; < It: slackening < L calandum, ger. of calāre to let down < Gk chalân to loosen, slacken
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ca·lan·do   (kə-län'dō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
With a gradual decrease in volume and often tempo. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, present participle of calare, to slacken, from Latin calāre, from Greek khalān.]
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