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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
accelerando en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/ (UK)
- /ɑˌkʃɛl.əˈɹɑn.doʊ/ (US)
- /ætʃɛləˈɹændəʊ/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) With a gradual increase in speed.
accelerando en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/ (UK)
- /ɑˌkʃɛl.əˈɹɑn.doʊ/ (US)
- /ætʃɛləˈɹændəʊ/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.
Meanings
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A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
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A passage having this mark.
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(broadly) Accelerating 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:
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