Associations to the word «Rallentando»

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Wiktionary

RALLENTANDO, adjective. (music) slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).

Dictionary definition

RALLENTANDO, adverb. Slowing down; "this passage should be played rallentando".
RALLENTANDO, adjective. Gradually decreasing in tempo.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats