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tempo
has definitions from the field of music
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[ noun ] (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Directed by Grigory_Kozintsev in a tempo that is studiously slow , he develops a sense of a high tradition shining brightly and passing gravely through an impious world . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Why , for_example , does he favor two tempos , rather than one , for the third movement ? Related terms musical_time allegretto rubato allegro andante meno_mosso accelerando music |
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[ noun ] the rate of some repeating event
Synonyms Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Their own easier , slower tempo is especially dear to Southerners ; and I have heard many say that they are content to earn a half or a third as_much_as they could up North because they so much prefer the quieter habits of their home_town . |
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