tempo

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tem=po

CIDE DICTIONARY

tempo, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See Tense, n.].

 The rate or degree of movement in time.  [1913 Webster]

∥A tempo giusto (j [It.], in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato. -- Tempo rubato. See under Rubato.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tempo, n. (pl. -os or tempi)
1 Mus. the speed at which music is or should be played, esp. as characteristic (waltz tempo).
2 the rate of motion or activity (the tempo of the war is quickening).

Etymology

It. f. L tempus time

THESAURUS

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