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syncopation

noun
/ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.

  1. derived from σύν
  2. suffixed as syncopation — “syncopate + ion”

Definitions

  1. The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the…

    The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.

  2. The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict…

    The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter.

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Derived

syncopational, syncopationally

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for syncopation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA