With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score
A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest. The applause rose to a crescendo and cameras clicked
[kreh-shen-doh] (Italian) "Growing " Indicates a gradual increase in volume May be indicated by a symbol called a "hairpin" (<) or abbreviated as "cresc "
People sometimes describe an increase in the intensity of something, or its most intense point, as a crescendo. There was a crescendo of parliamentary and press criticism