Accelerando Definition
ä-chĕlə-rändō
accelerandos
adjective
Gradually accelerating or quickening in time. Used chiefly as a direction.
American Heritage
With gradually quickening tempo.
Webster's New World
noun
An accelerando passage or movement.
American Heritage
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
Wiktionary
(music) A passage having this mark.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Accelerando
Noun
Singular:
accelerando
Plural:
accelerandosOrigin of Accelerando
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Italian present participle of accelerare to hasten from Latin accelerāre accelerate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.
From Wiktionary
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