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ACCEL
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AcronymDefinition
ACCELAccelerate
ACCELAccelerometer
ACCELAccelerando (Music, Gradually Increasing in Speed)
ACCELAmerican College of Cardiology Extended Learning
ACCELAllegheny College Center for Experiential Learning (Meadville, PA)


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Baptista can also summon from birds the rhythm and volume modulations that human composers employ: an accelerando in the wood warbler's windup, a swelling crescendo from the Heuglin's robin-chat, a fading diminuendo from the Swainson's thrush, and so on.
Music without Borders by MILIUS, SUSAN / Science News
" A few months later, Auster capitulated and re-enrolled, but how bracing, nonetheless, is his wild accelerando of refusals, his "I quit," "I quit," "I quit"
Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure by Koestenbaum, Wayne / Artforum International
Turk also states that a bit of accelerando ("somewhat hastened") and ritardando ("increasing hesitation") could be used in certain instances, for example, accelerando ".
Rediscovering classical keyboard style by Breckenridge, Carol lei / American Music Teacher
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