Meanings
plural accelerandos · plural accelerandoes
- entertainmentA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
- entertainmentA passage having this mark.
- broadlyAccelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
The accelerando of the sciences and of technology, their mathematization have beggared both the reach and the veracity of natural language.
2012, George Steiner, The Poetry of Thought, p. 195
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(music) gradually increasing in tempo
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinaccelero
- Italianaccelerando
- Englishaccelerando
Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.
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