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Diminuendo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Music Decrescendo.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly

n. A passage having this mark

ad. played in this style

adj. describing a passage having this mark

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

ad. In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In music, an instruction to the performer to lessen the volume of sound: often indicated by dim., dimin., or by the sign : the opposite of crescendo.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. gradually decreasing in volume

n. (music) a gradual decrease in loudness

Word Usage

"Her diminuendo is the non plus ultra that can be heard; her portamento wonderfully fine; her chromatic scales, especially toward the upper part of her voice, unrivalled."

Equivalent

decreasing

Antonym

crescendo

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

softness

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

decrescendo

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

scarne decrescendo più penso double bass