Definition of Calando

1. Adjective. Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.

Similar to: Decreasing

Definition of Calando

1. a. Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.

Definition of Calando

1. gradually diminishing [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calando

calamints
calamite
calamites
calamitic
calamities
calamitous
calamitously
calamitousness
calamity
calamondin
calamondins
calamosaur
calamus
calamus oil
calamus scriptorius
calando (current term)
calanoid
calanoids
calanolide
calanthe
calanthes
calash
calash top
calashes
calathea
calatheas
calathi
calathian violet
calathos
calathus

Literary usage of Calando

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Viaggi Di Pietro Della Valle, Il Pellegrino: Descritti Da Lui Medesimo in by Pietro Della Valle (1843)
"... luogo si sapeva e si poteva fare, non solo non calando punto, ma pigliando ogni dì maggior forza, la ridusse in ultimo con grande ..."

2. The Beacon Song Collection, Number 2: For Use in High Schools, Academies by Herbert Griggs (1895)
"What would I not give to wan-der Where my old com - pan - ions dwell; -»-*- -I—IUr~T~ra tempo. II Dark - er shad - ows round calando. ..."

3. Godfrey Weber's General Music Teacher: Adapted to Self-instruction, Both for by Gottfried Weber (1841)
"Frequently, however, the word calando is written entirely alone, and then it is left ... Still, many understand by the term calando, when standing alone, ..."

4. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"An abbreviation of calando. Гн la mist. A piper ; one who plays on a reed or pipe. Cálamo. (Spa.) A kind of flute. Calamus Pastoralis. (Lat. ..."

5. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1907)
"To the left rise the precipitous slopes of the calando,. ... calando (9213'), 7-8 hre. (guide 15 fr.); path marked in blue; laborious but remunerative ..."

6. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"An abbreviation of calando. Cálamo (Spa.) (kä-/ä-m5.) A kind of flute. ... Gradually calando (It.) (kä-/ä»-dö.) \ diminishing the tone and retarding the ..."

7. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... à calando.— Quint. 1. G. 23. And Voss. has no doubt that ... Clair; L. Clams, q. calaras, ^calando, id est, ..."

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