syncopation
n. (இலக்.) இடைக்குறைப்படுத்துதல்.
Syn`co*pa"tion, n. 1. (Gram.) Defn: The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. 2. (Mus.) Defn: The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.