Portamento

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portamento \Por`ta*men"to\, n. [It., fr. portare to carry.]
     (Mus.)
     In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or
     lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to
     another; a gliding from tone to tone.
     [1913 Webster]