Usually means: Gradual slowing down of tempo.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word Ritardando:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. ritardando: Merriam-Webster
  2. ritardando: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ritardando: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ritardando: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ritardando: Vocabulary.com
  6. ritardando: Wordnik
  7. ritardando: Wiktionary
  8. ritardando: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ritardando: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ritardando: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Ritardando, ritardando: Dictionary.com
  12. Ritardando: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Ritardando: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. ritardando: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. ritardando: Rhymezone
  16. Ritardando: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. ritardando: FreeDictionary.org
  18. ritardando: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. ritardando: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ritardando: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ritardando: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See ritardandos as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ritardando)

adverb:  (music) Gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece.
adjective:  (music) Having a gradually decelerating tempo.
noun:  (music) An instance of gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music.

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