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Syncopation

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syncopenoun(biology, medicine) A loss of consciousness when fainting.

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syncopenoun(biology, medicine) A loss of consciousness when fainting.
ragtimenoun(music, uncountable) A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
contractionnoun(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.
haplologynoun(phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.
aphoresisnounMisspelling of apheresis. [(phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial.]
procopenoun(phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Synonym of apheresis.
proparalepsisnounA form of paragoge; the addition of an extra sound at the end of a word.
apophonynoun(phonetics) Modification of an internal vowel sound in a word or linguistic root, especially so as to establish a lexical distinction.
epenthesisnoun(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
synapheanounAny plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.
phonetic erosionnoun(phonetics, phonology) The loss of phonemes from a spoken word (or of words in a phrase) over time, sometimes as a result of grammaticalization.
perispomenonnoun(linguistics) A word with a high-low pitch accent on the last syllable.
prodelisionnoun(phonology) A form of elision in which the latter word loses its first vowels.
anaptyxisnoun(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
anacrusisnoun(music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
aphæresisnoun(chiefly archaic) Alternative form of apheresis. [(phonetics, linguistics, prosody) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial.]
symplocenoun(rhetoric) The repetition of one word or phrase at the beginning and another word or phrase at the end of successive phrases or clauses.
synezesisnounAlternative form of synizesis. [(prosody, phonetics, poetry) The fusion of two syllables into one without the formation of a recognized diphthong, especially to fit a certain poetic meter.]
lexicophonologynoun(linguistics) The adaptation of word forms to reflect pronunciation.
brachylogynounConcise speech; laconism.

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