GLISSANDO


Meaning of GLISSANDO in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .