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Webster 1913 Edition


Tempo

‖

Tem′po

,
Noun.
[It., fr. L.
tempus
. See
Tense
,
Noun.
]
(Mus.)
The rate or degree of movement in time.
‖
A tempo giusto
(joōs′tō̍)
[It.]
,
in exact time; – sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato.
–
Tempo rubato
.
See under
Rubato
.