Syncopation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Syncopation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
syncopation n (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') Synonym(s): syncope, syncopation a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
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.