accelerando — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.

2. A passage having this mark.

3. Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).

   Usage

   • broadly

   Examples

   The accelerando of the sciences and of technology, their mathematization have beggared both the reach and the veracity of natural language.

Adverb

1. With a gradual increase in speed.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Adjective

1. (music) gradually increasing in tempo

Noun

1. a gradually increasing tempo of music

   Broader terms

   tempopacing

   Examples

   my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos

Adverb

1. with increasing speed

   Examples

   here you must play accelerando