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
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences Usually The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
2
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Usually 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