Presto vs. Tempo

Prestoadverb

(music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.

Prestointerjection

; ta-da; voilà.

Prestonoun

(poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.

Prestoadverb

Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.

Prestoadverb

Quickly; rapidly; - a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.

Prestoadjective

(of tempo) very fast

Prestoadverb

suddenly;

Prestoadverb

at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro)

Temponoun

A frequency or rate.

Temponoun

(chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.

Temponoun

(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.

Temponoun

The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)

Temponoun

(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)

Temponoun

(cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.

Temponoun

A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

Temponoun

(American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.

Temponoun

The rate or degree of movement in time.

Temponoun

(music) the speed at which a composition is to be played

Temponoun

the rate of some repeating event

Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for plural tempos, or tempi from the Italian plural) is the speed or pace of a given piece. In classical music, tempo is typically indicated with an instruction at the start of a piece (often using conventional Italian terms) and is usually measured in beats per minute (or bpm).