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Accelerando Accelerando is a 2005 science fiction novel consisting of a series of interconnected short stories written by British author Charles Stross. As well as normal hardback and paperback editions, it was released as a free e-book under the CC BY-NC-ND license. Accelerando won the Locus Award in 2006, and was nominated for several other awards in 2005 and 2006, including the Hugo, Campbell, Clarke, and British Science Fiction Association Awards. 
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Stringendo (noun) A passage in music to be played gradually faster; a section of music with in which the tempo slowly increases. 
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Stringendo (adverb) Played with gradually increasing tempo. 
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Accelerando (noun) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed. 
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Accelerando (noun) A passage having this mark. 
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Accelerando (noun) or exponential advancement or development (of a thing). 
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Accelerando (adverb) with a gradual increase in speed 
 
					