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syn·co·pa·tion (sĭng'kə-pā'shən, sĭn'-)
n.
  1. Music. A shift of accent in a passage or composition that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed.
  2. Something, such as rhythm, that is syncopated.
  3. Grammar. Syncope.

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