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syncopation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Syncopation  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  syncopation 
  n  1:  the  loss  of  sounds  in  the  interior  of  a  word  (as  in 
  `fo'c'sle'  for  `forecastle')  [syn:  {syncope}] 
  2:  a  musical  rhythm  accenting  a  weak  beat 




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