Syncopation :  (noun)
1: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope]
2: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
3: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm

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