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syncopation

DEFINITIONS OF: syncopation

1

n a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

Type of:
beat, musical rhythm, rhythm
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

n music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

Type of:
music
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

n (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

Synonyms:
syncope
Type of:
articulation
the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
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