tempo
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poʊ 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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Cultural Dictionary
tempo definition
In music, the speed at which a piece is performed. It is the Italian word for “time.”
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Computing Dictionary
TEMPO definition
A programming language with simple syntax and semantics designed for teaching semantic and pragmatic aspects of programming languages.
["TEMPO: A Unified Treatment of Binding Time and Parameter Passing Concepts in Programming Languages", N.D. Jones et al, LNCS 66, Springer 1978].
Example sentences
In its stead, it results to outright condemnation and subtle cynicism in the article's verbiage, tempo and tonal setting.
The government points out that it has tried less drastic ways of reducing the tempo menace.
Sometimes it's frantic and up-tempo and other times it's jumpy and swinging and other times it's slow and somber.
It keeps the group together and keeps folks from rushing or dragging the tempo.
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