Inflected forms: pl. stret·ti (strt) or stret·tos Music1. A close succession or overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, especially in the final section. 2. A final section, as of an opera, performed with an acceleration in tempo to produce a climax. Also called stretta.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, narrow, stretto, from Latin strictus, strict. See strict.
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