accelerando

Definition of Accelerando in English :

1. accelerando

a gradually increasing tempo of music

Example Sentences:
'my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos'

2. accelerando

gradually increasing in tempo

3. accelerando

with increasing speed

Example Sentences:
'here you must play accelerando'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Accelerando

adjective, adverb

1.

(to be performed) with increasing speed

noun plural -dos

2.

an increase in speed

adjective, adverb

Musical Direction

with gradually quickening tempo

adv. & adj.

Gradually accelerating or quickening in time. Used chiefly as a direction.

n. pl. ac·cel·er·an·dos

An accelerando passage or movement.