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calando

adjective (or adverb)
ca·​lan·​do | \ käˈlän(ˌ)dō\

Definition of calando

: diminishing in loudness and sometimes tempo —used as a direction in music

History and Etymology for calando

Italian, from Latin calandum, gerund of calare to slacken, let down, from Greek chalan; perhaps akin to Sanskrit jahāti he leaves, abandons

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