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portamento definition

por·ta·mento (pôr′tə men′tō)

noun pl. portamenti -·ti (-tē)

Music a continuous gliding from one note to another, sounding intervening tones; glide

Etymology: It < portare, to carry < L: see fare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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