D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sforzando

· Sfor·zan·do · IPA /sfɔɹˈtsændoʊ/
01 a. Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (a…
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    Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or �.(Mus.)