syncopation

== English == === Etymology === From syncopate +‎ -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/ === Noun === syncopation (usually uncountable, plural syncopations) (linguistics, phonology) The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof. (music) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== syncopational syncopationally ==== Related terms ==== syncope ==== Translations ====