rin·for·zan·do

(rēn′fôr-tsän′dō)

adv. & adj. Abbr. rf or rfz Music

With a sudden increase of emphasis. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, present participle of rinforzare, to reinforce, strengthen : ri-, again (from Latin re-; see re-) + inforzare, to enforce, make strong (from Old French enforcier; see enforce).]

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rinforzando

(ˌriːnfɔːˈtsændəʊ)

adj, adv

(Classical Music) a less common term for sforzando

[Italian, literally: reinforcing]

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rinforzando

reinforcing

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This was the PIANO of the scandal; the RINFORZANDO would break forth as soon as the first course had been removed.

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Tale dato, per quanto documenti che vi sia una dispersione dei dati rilevati tra il 32% ed il 38% (come evidenzia anche il grafico in figura 2), ci permette di affermare che la richiesta di rilevazione di una SOM sia fattore predisponente l'utilizzo di scale e strumenti di misura, rinforzando l'ipotesi precedentemente enunciata.

Survey on use of standardized outcome measure by Italian physiotherapists/Indagine sull'utilizzo delle misure di outcome nell'esercizio professionale del fisioterapista in Italia

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