calando

[ kah-lahn-doh ]

adjective

1. becoming slower and softer; dying away.

adverb

1. in a slower, softer manner.

calando

/ kəˈlændəʊ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) with gradually decreasing tone and speed

Word History and Origins

Origin of calando¹

Probably earlier than 1850–55; < Italian: slackening < Latin calandum, gerund of calāre to let down < Greek chalân to loosen, slacken

Word History and Origins

Origin of calando¹

Italian: dropping, from calare to lower, to drop

Example Sentences

A calando — a direction to gradually diminish — is stretched over several measures, then the words “molto più” are written above a final measure before a section labeled “tempo giusto,” with a metronome marking of “circa 46.”

From New York Times

Last year scientists led by Mark Davis at the California Institute of Technology, who is a founder of Calando Pharmaceuticals, published a paper in Nature demonstrating the first proof of RNAi delivered through the bloodstream working in humans.

From New York Times

"We're excited about it because there is a lot of skepticism whenever any new technology comes in," said Davis, a consultant to privately held Calando Pharmaceuticals Inc, which is developing the therapy.

From Reuters

A climax is finally reached, in measure 224, with a fortissimo statement of the chief theme of the prelude, and then, after this has cooled down, diminuendo e calando, the second theme enters in the home key.

From Project Gutenberg

Tutti was the great-uncle of the infamous Con Spirito, well known to posterity as the lover of the lovely but passionate Violenza Allargando, destined to become the mother of Largo con Craviata, the fearless captain of Dolcissimo's light horse under General Lamento Agitato, whose grandmother, Sempre Calando, was notorious for her illicit liaison with Pesante e Stentato, a union which was to bear fruit in the shape of Lusingando Molto.

From Project Gutenberg