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Definition of diminuendo noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

diminuendo

noun

NAmE//dɪˌmɪnyuˈɛndoʊ//

(pl. diminuendos) [countable, uncountable] (music)

a gradual decrease in how loudly a piece of music is played or sung opposite crescendo

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