Meaning of 'syncopation'

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Meaning of ‘syncopation’

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syncopation

noun

music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

noun

a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat

noun

(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

Synonyms: syncope

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