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tempo noun1. , -pos. M17.
[Italian from Latin tempus time.]
1. The timing of an attack in fencing so that one's opponent is within reach. rare. M17.
2. Music. Relative speed or rate of movement; pace; time; spec. the (esp. characteristic) speed at which music for a dance etc. is or should be played. L17.
STRICT tempo. tempo giusto the speed at which a particular style of music is or should be played. tempo rubato: see RUBATO adjective.
Music A return to Verdi's original tempos.
The rate of motion or activity (of someone or something). L19.
E. Baker The rain slowed down to a steady, all-night tempo.