| Pronunciation: | | `singku'peyshun
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- [n] (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
- [n] music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
- [n] a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
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SYNCOPATION is a 11 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | syncope |
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| | See Also: | | articulation, beat, music, musical rhythm, rhythm |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Syn`co*pa"tion\, n.
1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word
by taking one or more letters or syllables from the
middle; syncope.
2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of
rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in
welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the
first half of the beat which follows.
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