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Webster 1913 Edition
Glissando
Glis-san′do
,Noun.
& Adj.
[As if It. = Fr.
glissant
sliding.] (Mus.)
A gliding effect; gliding.
Definition 2024
glissando
glissando
English
Noun
glissando (plural glissandi or glissandos or glissandoes)
- (music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).