SYNCOPATION

syncopation. Syncopation, n. in music an interruption of the regular measure or inverting the order of notes in a bar, connection of notes in different bars

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Syn′co‐pa″tion (?), n. 1. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
2. 2. (Mus.) 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.