Tempo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tempo
    n 1: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played
         [syn: {tempo}, {pacing}]
    2: the rate of some repeating event [syn: {tempo}, {pace}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tempo \Tem"po\, n. [It., fr. L. tempus. See {Tense}, n.] (Mus.)
   The rate or degree of movement in time.
   [1913 Webster]

   {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}.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

TEMPO

   A programming language with simple {syntax} and {semantics}
   designed for teaching semantic and pragmatic aspects of
   programming languages.

   ["TEMPO: A Unified Treatment of Binding Time and Parameter
   Passing Concepts in Programming Languages", N.D. Jones et al,
   LNCS 66, Springer 1978].

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Tempo

   <operating system> The original code name for {Mac OS} version
   8.

   (1997-10-15)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "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

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