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tempo (n.)
"relative speed of a piece of music," 1724, from Italian tempo, literally "time" (plural tempi), from Latin tempus "time, season, portion of time" (see temporal). Extended (non-musical) senses by 1898.
updated on January 20, 2014
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Definitions of tempo from WordNet
Dictionary entries near tempo
tempest
tempestuous
Templar
template
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tempo
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temporality
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