/gli sahn"doh/ , adj., n., pl. glissandi /-dee/ . Music.
adj.
1. performed with a gliding effect by sliding one or more fingers rapidly over the keys of a piano or strings of a harp.
n.
2. a glissando passage.
3. (in string playing) a slide.
[ 1870-75; gliss ( er ) to slide + It -ando ger. ending ]