(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
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the rate of some repeating event
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Tempo \Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See {Tense}, n.] (Mus.) The rate or degree of movement in time.
{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}.
On the monetary front, for instance, Federal Reserve moves to pump up the money supply and lower interest rates normally will serve to quicken the economic tempo.
Polkas must be written in two-four time, two quarter notes per measure, a tempo which gives the music its dancy beat.
His tempo for the finale was a clear notch above what most violinists will risk, and yet the music danced easily.
The tempo of change has been much faster in East Germany than in the Soviet Union, Poland or Hungary.
However, Bild quoted Horst Teltschik, a top aide to Kohl, as saying that he would not exclude that the withdrawal would take place at a faster tempo than agreed upon earlier.
The tempo is expected to pick up, though, as the 1992 deadline approaches for the abolition of most trade barriers within the 12-nation European Community.
"Given the amount of flying that has to be done, given the extraordinary circumstances and given the higher than ordinary operating tempo in the area, I think our service people are doing very well," he said.
Dutoit is scrupulous with dynamic and tempo markings and does prompt a wide range of colors from his fine musicians.
Japanese consumers were to have provided an engine to revive the economy, by generating increased demand. But in a quarterly report released last week, the bank noted that the 'tempo of personal consumption growth is decelerating'.
The new government seemed a clear attempt by the Communists to buy time to get reform going at a pace they dictate, rather than at the rushed tempo forced by the protests of the past two weeks.
As another of Muldowney's explorations of tempo layers, the players and conductor all have to listen to computer-generated click tracks to keep them on their metronomic course.
Now that increase will probably pick up tempo, especially for the disabled, who also won new job-bias protection in last year's disabilities law.
Unless it steps up the tempo, it will find it hard to keep up with the pace being set by Boeing.
New issues picked up somewhat in the second quarter from the tepid pace of the first quarter, and some observers believe the tempo will continue to accelerate in the second half.
But the most important point is that in pursuing this crucial strategic relationship, the US needs to strike a strategic tempo, rather than indulging in annual bouts of hectoring.
However, Wigglesworth judged its sober tempo to a nicety - a sense of timeless processional gravity maintained at a decent clip, a strong profile fixed for the long series of disconsolate climaxes.
The tempo of contacts has increased following North Korea's successful test firing in May of its Rodong-I ballistic missile. North Korea reportedly has agreed to sell the missile to Iran.