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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
glissando /glɪˈsandəʊ/

▶noun (pl. glissandi /-di/ or glissandos) Music a continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes.

– origin Ital., from Fr. glisser ‘to slip, slide’.

'glissando' also found in these Oxford entries:

Hawaiian guitar - slide guitar

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