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Tempo

//ˈtɛm.poʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.
Noun
  1. 1
    A frequency or rate.

    "10 calls per hour isn't a bad start, but we'll need to up the tempo if we want to reach our target of selling insurance policies."

  2. 2
    A temporary carport.
  3. 3
    A type of car shelter, a temporary kit-built prefabricated steel-framed high tunnel peaked hoop house with an impermeable translucent plastic fabric cover, and flap doors. Quebec
  4. 4
    (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played wordnet
  5. 5
    A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
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  1. 6
    the rate of some repeating event wordnet
  2. 7
    The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
  3. 8
    The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
  4. 9
    The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
  5. 10
    The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
  6. 11
    A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries).

    "From the back door of a tempo with his too-strong hands he lifted a woman wearing red clothes, like a precious jewel wrapped in gold embroidered cloth."

  7. 12
    A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”). Doublet of tense. (truck or cargo van): A genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

Etymology 2

Clipping of temporary.

Etymology 3

Genericization of the trademark Tempo. From the name of a popular manufacturer of such structures. Clipping of temporary.

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