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Definition of: glissando
(gli·sän′dō) noun plural ·di (-dē)
A gliding effect, as in the playing of a run on the piano by sliding a finger rapidly over the keys. [<F glissant, ppr. of glisser slip + Ital. -ando, ppr. suffix]
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