Gradually slowing down is 'decelerating'.
Tidal friction caused by Earth's stretching from the Moon's gravity is gradually slowing down the rotation of Earth.
The slowing down at the end of a workout is often called a "cool down". This is because it helps gradually lower your heart-rate and body temperature.
adagio Ritardando ... the term 'adagio' is a tempo, not the act of slowing down.
It does not. It continues to rotate - slowing down gradually.
Assuming you meant Rallentando - It means a gradual slowing down.
ritardando is slowing down, and so is rallentando. they are abbreviated rit. or ritard and rall.
slowing down.
From the Harvard dictionary of Music: poco means ' little', and ritardando means "gradually lackening in speed' ( or, slowing down ). SO,it means a small--not very much- slowing up of the tempo.
The Earth is gradually slowing down - and will continue to do so throughout time. The length of a 'day' will progressively get longer.
Rall is an abbreviation. It stands for Rallentando an Italian word meaning to gradually slow down, or slacken, the tempo.
its when something is slowing down
The earth's rotation is gradually slowing down - it has been for eons - but the rate is on the order of 1-2 seconds per century.