accelerando
(adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo
accelerando
(adverb) with increasing speed; “here you must play accelerando”
accelerando
(noun) a gradually increasing tempo of music; “my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
accelerando (plural accelerandos)
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
(music) A passage having this mark.
(by extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
accelerando (not comparable)
(music) with a gradual increase in speed
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cel`er*an"do, a. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Definition: Gradually accelerating the movement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
