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What is the noun for syncopic?

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syncope
  1. A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
  2. (phonology) The loss or elision of a sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of the -cester ending in placenames as -ster (for example, Leicester).
  3. A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “After experiencing syncope during an intense workout, Sarah was promptly attended to by the trainer.”
      “Patients with a family history of arrhythmia, syncope, or sudden death also may be at higher risk.”
      “He was discharged the following afternoon with a presumptive diagnosis of vasovagal syncope, perhaps related to defecation.”
syncopation
  1. (music) The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter
  2. (phonology) The loss of sounds in the middle of a word.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “It is in a comfortable key with limited chromaticism, employs only basic syncopation and has frequent rests.”
      “James P. Johnson was the prime innovator of stride piano. He embellished basic ragtime syncopation, beginning with a general increase in tempo.”
      “There are no breaks, no fills, little syncopation, and the beats rarely drop out.”
syncopator
  1. One who or that which syncopates.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The anonymous slack-key syncopator imbues this movie with mysterious, tender qualities that don't exist in Wong's empty screenplay.”
syncopist
  1. One who syncopates.
syncopations
  1. plural of syncopation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It's written in a kind of pastiche nineteenth-century style, complete with faux-Spanish exotic syncopations, melody and harmony.”
      “Over and over again the song was played until the syncopations of her voice induced a sort of trance.”
      “The metronome serves as an invaluable tool for making sure the inner pulse is steady, especially after syncopations and unexpected rests.”
syncopators
  1. plural of syncopator
syncopists
  1. plural of syncopist
syncopes
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