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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tempo

/tĕm'-pōˌ/ · Tem·po · IPA /ˈtɛm.poʊ/
01 n. The rate or degree of movement in time.
  1. 1.
    The rate or degree of movement in time.(Mus.)
Phrases & compounds
A tempo giusto — in exact time; -- sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato.
Tempo rubato — See under Rubato.