tempo
noun
[ ˈtɛmpəʊ ]
• the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.
• the rate or speed of motion or activity; pace.
• "the tempo of life dictated by a heavy workload"
Origin:
mid 17th century (as a fencing term denoting the timing of an attack): from Italian, from Latin tempus ‘time’.
tempo
noun
• (in South Asia) a light three-wheeled delivery van.
Origin:
an invented word.
