Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tempo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tempo \Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See {Tense}, n.] (Mus.)
The rate or degree of movement in time.
{A tempo giusto} (j[=oo]s"t[-o]) [It.], in exact time; --
sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo
rubato.
{Tempo rubato}. See under {Rubato}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tempo
n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
[syn: {pacing}]
2: the rate of some repeating event [syn: {pace}]
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