[syn: tempo, pace]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tempo
n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
[syn: tempo, pacing]
2: the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo, pace]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Tempo
The original code name for Mac OS version
8.
(1997-10-15)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
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].