Definition of accelerando

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ac·cel·er·an·do    (ä-chl-ränd) KEY   Music

ADVERB:
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ADJECTIVE:

Gradually accelerating or quickening in time. Used chiefly as a direction.

NOUN:
pl. ac·cel·er·an·dos

An accelerando passage or movement.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, present participle of accelerare, to hasten, from Latin accelerre ; see accelerate

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