sincope

Definitions of sincope
  1. noun
    a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
    synonyms: collasso, defaillance, deliquio, incoscienza, mancamento, mancanza, obnubilazione, ottenebramento, perdita dei sensi, perdita di conoscenza, perdita di coscienza, svenimento
  2. noun
    a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
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    cadenza, movimento, ritmo, tempo
    the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
  3. noun
    (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
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    articolazione
    the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
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