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1. (n.) syncopation
a shifting of a normal musical accent, usu. by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
2. syncopation
something, as a rhythm or a passage of music, that is syncopated.
Etymology: (1525–35)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) syncope, syncopation
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
2. (noun) syncopation
a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
3. (noun) syncopation
music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) syncopation
the act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope
2. (noun) syncopation
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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