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stringendo

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strin⋅gen⋅do

  [strin-jen-doh; It. streen-jen-daw]
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–adjective, adverb Music.
(of a musical direction) progressively quickening in tempo.
Origin:
1850–55; < It, ger. of stringere to tighten < L (see strict )
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strin·gen·do   (strĭn-jěn'dō)   
adj.   Music
Played with an accelerating tempo. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, gerund of stringere, to draw tight, from Latin; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]
strin·gen'do adv.
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