Found 2 items, similar to syncopation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: syncopation syncopation n 1: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope] 2: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat 3: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
English → English (gcide) Definition: Syncopation 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]