SYNCOPATION

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

2.
n.

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.


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