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Definition of: diminuendo
(di·min′y
·en′dō) Music adjective & adverb
Gradually lessening in volume of sound: expressed by dim., dimin., or the sign 
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—noun plural ·dos Diminution, as in force; a diminuendo passage in music. Also called decrescendo. [<Ital., ppr. of diminuire lessen <L diminuere. See DIMINISH.]
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