tempon.¹

Brit.

/ˈtɛmpəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtɛmpoʊ/

Forms: Plural tempi /ˈtɛmpiː/, tempos.

Etymology: Italian, < Latin tempus time.

a. Music. Relative speed or rate of movement; pace; time; spec. the proper or characteristic speed and rhythm of a dance or other tune (in tempo di gavotta, tempo di marcia, tempo di minuetto, etc.). tempo giusto /ˈdʒuːstəʊ/, strict time; the proper speed that a style of music demands. tempo primo, first or former time; a direction to resume the original speed after an alteration of it. tempo rubato, ‘robbed or stolen time; time occasionally slackened or hastened for the purposes of expression’ (Stainer & Barrett).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun]

timing?1578

motion1597

movement1683

tempo1724

motivo1876

time1878

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo

quadruplaa1450

measure time1626

quick time1712

tempo giusto1724

tempo rubato1724

tittuping1780

rubato1855

double time1877

strict tempo1936

half-time1938

tranquillo1980

1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. Tempo, Time. Thus, Tempo Di Gavotta, is Gavot Time, or the Time or Movement observed in playing a Gavot. Tempo Di Minuetto,..Tempo Di Sarabanda.

1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 283 Tempo, or Tempo giusto, is often met with after Recitatives, and intimates that the Time be beat equal, which during that recitative was managed otherwise.

1773 C. Burney Present State Music in Germany II. 175 It was from her that Quantz first heard what professors call tempo rubato.

1810 D. Corri Singers Preceptor I. 6 Tempo rubato is a detraction of part of the time from one note, and restoring it by increasing the length of another.

1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion II. iv. iv In his hurry he got the tempo about twice too slow.

1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music ii. 63 They sing in a more subdued tone; the tempo is slower.

1884 F. Taylor in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 82 Verbal directions as to tempo are generally written in Italian.

1886 G. M. Hopkins Let. 11 Dec. (1935) I. 246 This sonnet shd. be almost sung: it is most carefully timed in tempo rubato.

1888 Athenæum 17 Mar. 349/1 The composer has reconsidered the tempi of some portions..; he also indulged..in the tempo rubato.

1931 M. D. Calvocoressi tr. B. Bartok Hungarian Folk Mus. 23 A few tunes in tempo giusto.

1931 M. D. Calvocoressi tr. B. Bartok Hungarian Folk Mus. 80 In fairly old tunes..a liking for variable tempo giusto rhythm is evinced.

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tempo, n.; pl. tempi.., tempos.

1956 R. C. Marsh Toscanini ii. 83 The earlier performance being somewhat more relaxed and containing some tempo rubato that the version of thirty years later lacks.

1967 A. L. Lloyd Folk Song in Eng. iv. 312 The group refrains..were always sung plain and in a strict tempo giusto.

1980 Times 13 May 15/3 Tempos were excellently chosen, most of all perhaps, for the Minuet.

b. transferred and figurative. The rate of motion or activity (of someone or something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun]

speedc1175

passa1393

pace?a1439

strake1558

rate1652

velocity1656

rapidity1701

rake1768

bat1824

clip1868

tempo1898

work rate1906

pacing1958

1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell ii. 249 Again changing his tempo to say to Valentine..If youll allow me, sir?

1901 Cassell's Mag. Sept. 388/2 His tempo, to use the expression of our acrobats, is perfect—that is to say, he yields at the proper time and at the proper rate to the descending ball.

1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. 239 He describes their readiness ‘to retard the tempo of the construction of our warships’.

1925 C. Fox Educ. Psychol. 271 Each person is possessed of a vital tempo.

1930 W. K. Hancock Australia vii. 139 The State might not have achieved as much if it had been content..to quicken the tempo of the economic harmonies—by taxing, by disseminating knowledge, by mobilising credit.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet 219 But when he stood in the door again, save for the slightly increased rasp and tempo of his breathing, he might never have left it.

1961 A. Christie Pale Horse xviii. 198 It's a changing world, Easterbrook... Now the changes come more rapidly. The tempo has quickened.

1974 I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 202 The partner who created the confidence and set the tempo was Luca.

†2. A term in fencing: see quot. 1688. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions

buttc1330

overheadc1400

stopc1450

quarter-strokea1456

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rakea1500

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lunge1748

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timing1771

whip1771

shifting1793

one-two1809

one-two-three1809

salute1809

estramazone1820

remise1823

engage1833

engaging1833

risposta1838

lunging1847

moulinet1861

reprise1861

stop-thrust1861

engagement1881

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time attack1889

traverse1892

cut-over1897

tac-au-tac riposte1907

flèche1928

replacement1933

punta dritta1961

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 159/2 A Tempo, is to take heed neuer to make a thrust or blow at aduersarie, without thou hast a faire opportunity to hit, or within measure, that he be within thy reach.

Phrases

to raise the tempo: to increase the pace of something; (also) to heighten the importance of an event.

ΚΠ

1914 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 22 Sept. 7/2 Yorska and Mr Ruben..raised the tempo of their feverish animation.

1958 Times 3 Mar. 3/5 The crowd were calling for Conroy to raise the tempo of his game.

2006 P. Curtis Border ix. 56 He had raised the tempo. He had not just bowed to Casper but displayed some dash.

Compounds

tempo-plate n. the plate on a player-piano indicating the speed at which the notes are played.

ΚΠ

1922 S. Grew Art of Player-piano 60 Changes are indicated by figures referring to the tempo-plate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tempon.²

Brit.

/ˈtɛmpəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈtɛmpoʊ/

Forms: Also tenpo.

Etymology: Japanese, < Tempo or Tenpo, the name given to the period 1830–44.

Now Historical.

An oval-shaped bronze coin of Japan, with a square hole in its centre, first minted in 1835. Occasionally in fuller form tempo-tsuho (lit. ‘current treasure of the Tempo’).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins

oban1614

ichibu1616

kobang1616

sen1727

tempo1860

rin1868

yen1874

1860 R. H. Dana Jrnl. 11 Apr. (1968) III. 1010 They have a copper coin, flat, of an oval shape..with a square hole in the middle. This is the tempo, sixteen tempo go to the ichibu, which makes it about two cents.

1875 Colburn's United Service Mag. Sept. iii. 11 You offer the boatman his fare—not a bit of it. ‘Pay Custom-House,’ he says; and flinging the honest fellow a few tempos, you hand over to the exchequer of Japan the sum of two-pence as you pass the office at the end of the quay.

1904 N. G. Munro Coins of Japan iv. 148 Ten-Ho Tsu-Ho (pronounced Tempo Tsuho). This coin was first made at Hashiba, Tokyo, or Yedo..by order of the Tokugawa government.

1917 Amer. Jrnl. Numismatics 1916 50 238/1 Tempo, an oblong bronze coin of Japan..of the value of one hundred Mon or Sen... Many Japanese coins and fanciful pieces are known as Tempo shaped.

1953 Jacobs & Vermeule Japanese Coinage ii. 90 The Kanei-tsuho, tempo-tsuho, and the bunkyo-eiho continued to circulate as a medium of exchange below the value of one sen, the value varying with the coin and metal, until close to the end of the nineteenth century.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tempo
释义	tempon.¹ Brit. /ˈtɛmpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtɛmpoʊ/ Forms: Plural tempi /ˈtɛmpiː/, tempos. Etymology: Italian, < Latin tempus time. 1. a. Music. Relative speed or rate of movement; pace; time; spec. the proper or characteristic speed and rhythm of a dance or other tune (in tempo di gavotta, tempo di marcia, tempo di minuetto, etc.). tempo giusto /ˈdʒuːstəʊ/, strict time; the proper speed that a style of music demands. tempo primo, first or former time; a direction to resume the original speed after an alteration of it. tempo rubato, ‘robbed or stolen time; time occasionally slackened or hastened for the purposes of expression’ (Stainer & Barrett). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] timing?1578 motion1597 movement1683 tempo1724 motivo1876 time1878 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [noun] > specific tempo quadruplaa1450 measure time1626 quick time1712 tempo giusto1724 tempo rubato1724 tittuping1780 rubato1855 double time1877 strict tempo1936 half-time1938 tranquillo1980 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. Tempo, Time. Thus, Tempo Di Gavotta, is Gavot Time, or the Time or Movement observed in playing a Gavot. Tempo Di Minuetto,..Tempo Di Sarabanda. 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 283 Tempo, or Tempo giusto, is often met with after Recitatives, and intimates that the Time be beat equal, which during that recitative was managed otherwise. 1773 C. Burney Present State Music in Germany II. 175 It was from her that Quantz first heard what professors call tempo rubato. 1810 D. Corri Singers Preceptor I. 6 Tempo rubato is a detraction of part of the time from one note, and restoring it by increasing the length of another. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion II. iv. iv In his hurry he got the tempo about twice too slow. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music ii. 63 They sing in a more subdued tone; the tempo is slower. 1884 F. Taylor in G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 82 Verbal directions as to tempo are generally written in Italian. 1886 G. M. Hopkins Let. 11 Dec. (1935) I. 246 This sonnet shd. be almost sung: it is most carefully timed in tempo rubato. 1888 Athenæum 17 Mar. 349/1 The composer has reconsidered the tempi of some portions..; he also indulged..in the tempo rubato. 1931 M. D. Calvocoressi tr. B. Bartok Hungarian Folk Mus. 23 A few tunes in tempo giusto. 1931 M. D. Calvocoressi tr. B. Bartok Hungarian Folk Mus. 80 In fairly old tunes..a liking for variable tempo giusto rhythm is evinced. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tempo, n.; pl. tempi.., tempos. 1956 R. C. Marsh Toscanini ii. 83 The earlier performance being somewhat more relaxed and containing some tempo rubato that the version of thirty years later lacks. 1967 A. L. Lloyd Folk Song in Eng. iv. 312 The group refrains..were always sung plain and in a strict tempo giusto. 1980 Times 13 May 15/3 Tempos were excellently chosen, most of all perhaps, for the Minuet. b. transferred and figurative. The rate of motion or activity (of someone or something). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] speedc1175 passa1393 pace?a1439 strake1558 rate1652 velocity1656 rapidity1701 rake1768 bat1824 clip1868 tempo1898 work rate1906 pacing1958 1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell ii. 249 Again changing his tempo to say to Valentine..If youll allow me, sir? 1901 Cassell's Mag. Sept. 388/2 His tempo, to use the expression of our acrobats, is perfect—that is to say, he yields at the proper time and at the proper rate to the descending ball. 1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. 239 He describes their readiness ‘to retard the tempo of the construction of our warships’. 1925 C. Fox Educ. Psychol. 271 Each person is possessed of a vital tempo. 1930 W. K. Hancock Australia vii. 139 The State might not have achieved as much if it had been content..to quicken the tempo of the economic harmonies—by taxing, by disseminating knowledge, by mobilising credit. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet 219 But when he stood in the door again, save for the slightly increased rasp and tempo of his breathing, he might never have left it. 1961 A. Christie Pale Horse xviii. 198 It's a changing world, Easterbrook... Now the changes come more rapidly. The tempo has quickened. 1974 I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 202 The partner who created the confidence and set the tempo was Luca. †2. A term in fencing: see quot. 1688. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions buttc1330 overheadc1400 stopc1450 quarter-strokea1456 rabbeta1500 rakea1500 traverse1547 flourish1552 quarter-blow1555 veny1578 alarm1579 venue1591 cut1593 time1594 caricado1595 fincture1595 imbroccata1595 mandritta1595 punta riversa1595 remove1595 stramazon1595 traversa1595 imbrocado1597 passado1597 counter-time1598 foinery1598 canvasado1601 montant1601 punto1601 stock1602 embrocadoc1604 pass1604 stuck1604 stramazo1606 home thrust1622 longee1625 falsify?1635 false1637 traversion1637 canvassa1641 parade1652 flanconade1664 parry1673 fore-stroke1674 allonge1675 contretemps1684 counter1684 disengaging1684 feint1684 passing1687 under-counter1687 stringere1688 stringering1688 tempo1688 volte1688 overlapping1692 repost1692 volt-coupe1692 volting1692 disarm?1700 stamp1705 passade1706 riposte1707 swoop1711 retreat1734 lunge1748 beat1753 disengage1771 disengagement1771 opposition1771 time thrust1771 timing1771 whip1771 shifting1793 one-two1809 one-two-three1809 salute1809 estramazone1820 remise1823 engage1833 engaging1833 risposta1838 lunging1847 moulinet1861 reprise1861 stop-thrust1861 engagement1881 coupé1889 scrape1889 time attack1889 traverse1892 cut-over1897 tac-au-tac riposte1907 flèche1928 replacement1933 punta dritta1961 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 159/2 A Tempo, is to take heed neuer to make a thrust or blow at aduersarie, without thou hast a faire opportunity to hit, or within measure, that he be within thy reach. Phrases to raise the tempo: to increase the pace of something; (also) to heighten the importance of an event. ΚΠ 1914 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 22 Sept. 7/2 Yorska and Mr Ruben..raised the tempo of their feverish animation. 1958 Times 3 Mar. 3/5 The crowd were calling for Conroy to raise the tempo of his game. 2006 P. Curtis Border ix. 56 He had raised the tempo. He had not just bowed to Casper but displayed some dash. Compounds tempo-plate n. the plate on a player-piano indicating the speed at which the notes are played. ΚΠ 1922 S. Grew Art of Player-piano 60 Changes are indicated by figures referring to the tempo-plate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tempon.² Brit. /ˈtɛmpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈtɛmpoʊ/ Forms: Also tenpo. Etymology: Japanese, < Tempo or Tenpo, the name given to the period 1830–44. Now Historical. An oval-shaped bronze coin of Japan, with a square hole in its centre, first minted in 1835. Occasionally in fuller form tempo-tsuho (lit. ‘current treasure of the Tempo’). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins oban1614 ichibu1616 kobang1616 sen1727 tempo1860 rin1868 yen1874 1860 R. H. Dana Jrnl. 11 Apr. (1968) III. 1010 They have a copper coin, flat, of an oval shape..with a square hole in the middle. This is the tempo, sixteen tempo go to the ichibu, which makes it about two cents. 1875 Colburn's United Service Mag. Sept. iii. 11 You offer the boatman his fare—not a bit of it. ‘Pay Custom-House,’ he says; and flinging the honest fellow a few tempos, you hand over to the exchequer of Japan the sum of two-pence as you pass the office at the end of the quay. 1904 N. G. Munro Coins of Japan iv. 148 Ten-Ho Tsu-Ho (pronounced Tempo Tsuho). This coin was first made at Hashiba, Tokyo, or Yedo..by order of the Tokugawa government. 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Numismatics 1916 50 238/1 Tempo, an oblong bronze coin of Japan..of the value of one hundred Mon or Sen... Many Japanese coins and fanciful pieces are known as Tempo shaped. 1953 Jacobs & Vermeule Japanese Coinage ii. 90 The Kanei-tsuho, tempo-tsuho, and the bunkyo-eiho continued to circulate as a medium of exchange below the value of one sen, the value varying with the coin and metal, until close to the end of the nineteenth century. 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