crescendo

adj. gradually increasing (in volume, strength, etc.)

n. (Music) gradual increase in volume

v. grow louder; become louder; become stronger in volume

adv. with a gradual increase

Crescendo may mean:A Liverpool based Electronic pop bandIn musical notation, crescendo refers to a passage of music during which the volume gradually increases. One of Duke Ellington's longer-form compositions is called Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, which also describes the form of the piece.A term Alfred Hitchcock used to describe the major setpieces in his films.Crescendo is also the name of a bishoujo game by the studio Digital Objet.Insanity's Crescendo, a song by Dark Tranquillity.Crescendo is also a gay porn film by famous French director Jean-Daniel Cadinot.Crescendo is also an Italian and a Portuguese word which means "growing".Crescendo was a computer networking company that was acquired by Cisco in the 1990s.Crescendo Festival in a musical festival held in France.Crescendo Festival in Russia is a classical musical festival annually held in Russia.Crescendo International is a network of Christian classical professional musicians and music students.Crescendo Networks is a company which develops and sells application acceleration devices for data centers. Crescendo Systems is a Canadian company that develops digital dictation, speech recognition, transcription and workflow management systems for healthcare, legal and law enforcement professionals.
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Noun
1. (music) a gradual increase in loudness
(hypernym) volume, loudness, intensity
(hyponym) swell
(classification) music
Verb
1. grow louder; "The music crescendoes here"
(antonym) decrescendo
(hypernym) increase
Adjective
1. gradually increasing in volume
(similar) increasing

n. crescendo, gradual increase in volume (Music)

n. crescendo, swell