Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decrescendo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decrescendo \De`cres*cen"do\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.)
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to
performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec.,
or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decrescendo
adj : gradually decreasing in volume [syn: {diminuendo}]
n : (music) a gradual decrease in loudness [syn: {diminuendo}]
v : grow quieter, of sound; "The music decrescendoes here" [ant:
{crescendo}]
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