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Meaning of TEMPO

Pronunciation:  'tempow

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
  2. [n]  the rate of some repeating event
 
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 Synonyms: pace, pacing
 
 See Also: accelerando, allegretto, allegro, andante, meno mosso, musical time, rate, rubato

 

 

Products Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

Tempo
Melanie Griffith stars in this thriller as Sarah, a expatriate American living dangerously in France for a black market dealer. Along with her much younger boyfriend, fellow American Jack, Sarah hatches a plot to rob a jewlery shop. However, when a beautiful and seemingly innocent young woman who works at the shop (Cook) begins to come between them, it threatens both Sarah's heist and her relationship with Jack.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See {Tense}, n.] (Mus.)
The rate or degree of movement in time.
{A tempo giusto} (j[=oo]s"t[-o]) [It.], in exact time; --
   sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo
   rubato.
{Tempo rubato}. See under {Rubato}.
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. A programming language with simple syntax and semantics designed for teaching semantic and pragmatic aspects of programming languages.

    ["TEMPO: A Unified Treatment of Binding Time and Parameter Passing Concepts in Programming Languages", N.D. Jones et al, LNCS 66, Springer 1978].

  2. The original code name for Mac OS version 8.

 

 

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