accelerando

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɑˌkʃɛl.əˈɹɑn.doʊ/(US)
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/ɑˌkʃɛl.əˈɹɑn.doʊ/(US) · /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/(UK)

Definition of accelerando

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
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noun

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
  2. A passage having this mark.
  3. (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.”

adv

  1. (not-comparable)With a gradual increase in speed.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.

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