syncope.html - v.tr.
1 Mus. displace the beats or accents in (a passage) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa.
2 shorten (a word) by dropping interior sounds or letters, as symbology for symbolology, Gloster for Gloucester.

syncopation n. syncopator n. [LL syncopare swoon (as SYNCOPE)]

syncope.html - n.
1 Gram. the omission of interior sounds or letters in a word (see SYNCOPATE 2).
2 Med. a temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure.

syncopal adj. [ME f. LL syncope f. Gk sugkope (as SYN-, kopto strike, cut off)]

syncope.html - v.tr.
1 Mus. displace the beats or accents in (a passage) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa.
2 shorten (a word) by dropping interior sounds or letters, as symbology for symbolology, Gloster for Gloucester.

syncopation n. syncopator n. [LL syncopare swoon (as SYNCOPE)]

syncope.html - n.
1 Gram. the omission of interior sounds or letters in a word (see SYNCOPATE 2).
2 Med. a temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure.

syncopal adj. [ME f. LL syncope f. Gk sugkope (as SYN-, kopto strike, cut off)]

syncope.html - n. & v.
(also synch) colloq. --n.

synchronization.

--v.

tr. & intr. synchronize.

in (or out of) sync (often foll. by with) according or agreeing well (or badly). [abbr.]

syncope.html - n.
a compound fruit from a flower with several carpels, e.g. a blackberry. [SYN- + Gk karpos fruit]