tempi
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pi noun
a plural of tempo.
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noun, plural tem·pos, tem·pi [-pee] .
[-pee] . 1.
Music. relative rapidity or rate of movement, usually indicated by such terms as adagio, allegro, etc., or by reference to the metronome.
2.
characteristic rate, rhythm, or pattern of work or activity: the tempo of city life.
3.
Chess. the gaining or losing of time and effectiveness relative to one's continued mobility or developing position, especially with respect to the number of moves required to gain an objective: Black gained a tempo.
Origin:
1680–90; < Italian < Latin tempus time
1680–90; < Italian < Latin tempus time
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| —n , pl -pos, -pi | |
| 1. | the speed at which a piece or passage of music is meant to be played, usually indicated by a musical direction (tempo marking) or metronome marking |
| 2. | rate or pace |
| [C18: from Italian, from Latin tempus time] | |
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Word Origin & History
tempo
"relative speed of a piece of music," 1724, from It. tempo, lit. "time" (pl. tempi), from L. tempus (gen. temporis) "time." Extended to non-musical senses 1898.
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tempo definition
In music, the speed at which a piece is performed. It is the Italian word for “time.”
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Example sentences
Finds that college music majors and graduate students perceived faster rates of presentation as subdivisions of slower beat tempi.
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