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accelerando

/ɑˌkʃɛl.əˈɹɑn.doʊ/ US
/ætʃɛləˈɹændəʊ/ UK
/æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/ UK

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Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.

noun accelerandos · accelerandoes

A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
A passage having this mark.
broadly Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing). The accelerando of the sciences and of technology, their mathematization have beggared both the reach and the veracity of natural language.

adverb

not comparable With a gradual increase in speed.

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"accelerando." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/accelerando. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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accelerando. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/accelerando

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"accelerando." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/accelerando.

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@misc{accelerando_2026,
  title = {accelerando},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/accelerando},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}