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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

점약

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeom-yak

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Decrescendo/ˌdeɪ.krəˈʃɛn.doʊ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"음악은 부드러운 점약으로 끝납니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A gradual decrease in loudness in a piece of music.

    "The movement concludes with a gentle decrescendo that fades into complete silence."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Gradually decreasing in volume or intensity.

    "The orchestra played a decrescendo passage that created an atmosphere of suspense."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Italian, combining the prefix de- (down, away) and crescendi (to grow, from Latin crescere), entering English musical terminology in the late 18th century. It describes a progressive reduction in the volume or dynamic intensity of a sound.

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