Tempo

5 definitions found

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

  Tempo \Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See {Tense}, n.] (Mus.)
     The rate or degree of movement in time.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {A tempo giusto} (j[=oo]s"t[-o]) [It.], in exact time; --
        sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo


        rubato.
  
     {Tempo rubato}. See under {Rubato}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tempo
       n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
            [syn: {pacing}]
       2: the rate of some repeating event [syn: {pace}]
       [also: {tempi} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "tempo":
     andante tempo, arrhythmia, beat, beating, cadence, compound time,
     drumming, duple time, flutter, heartbeat, heartthrob, largo,
     march tempo, measure, mixed times, momentum, pace, palpitation,
     pitapat, pitter-patter, presto, pulsation, pulse, rag, ragtime,
     rat-a-tat, rataplan, rate, rhythm, rubato, sextuple time,
     simple time, speed, staccato, syncopation, syncope, tempo rubato,
     three-quarter time, throb, throbbing, time, time pattern, timing,
     triple time, triplet, two-four time, waltz time
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Tempo
       
           The original code name for {Mac OS} version
          8.
       
          (1997-10-15)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  TEMPO
       
          A programming language with simple {syntax} and {semantics}
          designed for teaching semantic and pragmatic aspects of
          programming languages.
       
          ["TEMPO: A Unified Treatment of Binding Time and Parameter
          Passing Concepts in Programming Languages", N.D. Jones et al,
          LNCS 66, Springer 1978].