accelerando

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ɑ.ˌtʃɛl.ə.ˈɹɑn.do/
• (British) IPA: /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/

Noun

accelerando (plural accelerandos)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.
3. (by extension) accelerate or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
   • 2012, George Steiner, The Poetry of Thought, p. gbooks hNRJ_x_xgVEC:

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Adverb

accelerando (not comparable)

1. (music) with a gradual increase in speed

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