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Found 1 definition: tempo.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun tempo has 2 senses

1. tempo(n = noun.time) pacing - (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played;
is a kind of musical time
has particulars: accelerando, allegretto, allegro, andante, meno mosso, rubato

2. tempo(n = noun.time) pace - the rate of some repeating event;
is a kind of rate
has particulars: beats per minute, bpm, m.m., metronome marking

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

tempo, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n.].

The rate or degree of movement in time. [1913 Webster]

∥A tempo giusto (j [It.], in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato. -- Tempo rubato. See under Rubato.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

tempo, n. (pl. -os or tempi)
1 Mus. the speed at which music is or should be played, esp. as characteristic (waltz tempo).
2 the rate of motion or activity (the tempo of the war is quickening).

Etymology:
It. f. L tempus time