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Definition of glissando noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

glissando

noun
 
/ɡlɪˈsændəʊ/
 
/ɡlɪˈsændəʊ/
(plural glissandos, glissandi
 
/ɡlɪˈsændiː/
 
/ɡlɪˈsændiː/
)
(from Italian, music)
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  1. a way of playing a series of notes so that each one slides into the next, making a smooth continuous sound
    Word OriginItalian, from French glissant, present participle of glisser ‘to slip, slide’.
See glissando in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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