Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, at a slower tempo or pace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Mus.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective music (of a
passage in amusical score ) immediatelyslower , held back at a slowerrate ofpace .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective gradually decreasing in tempo
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