'Syncope' definitions:
Definition of 'syncope'
(from WordNet)
noun
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain [syn: faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium]
noun
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope, syncopation]
Definition of 'Syncope'
From: GCIDE
- Syncope \Syn"co*pe\, n. [L. syncope, syncopa, Gr. ? a cutting up, a syncope; akin to ? to beat together, to cut up, cut short, weavy; sy`n with + ? to strike, cut.]
- 1. (Gram.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) Same as Syncopation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A pause or cessation; suspension. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Revely, and dance, and show, Suffer a syncope and solemn pause. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'syncope'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- andante tempo,
- apocope,
- aposiopesis,
- beat,
- blackout,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- catatony,
- clipping,
- coma,
- compound time,
- compression,
- condensation,
- conspectus,
- contraction,
- crasis,
- curtailment,
- cutting,
- duple time,
- elision,
- ellipsis,
- epitome,
- faint,
- foreshortening,
- grayout,
- kayo,
- knockout,
- KO,
- largo,
- lipothymia,
- lipothymy,
- march tempo,
- mixed times,
- nirvana,
- nirvana principle,
- nothingness,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- precis,
- presto,
- pruning,
- rag,
- ragtime,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- reduction,
- retrenchment,
- rubato,
- semiconsciousness,
- senselessness,
- sextuple time,
- shortening,
- simple time,
- sleep,
- stupor,
- summary,
- summation,
- swoon,
- syncopation,
- syneresis,
- synopsis,
- telescoping,
- tempo,
- tempo rubato,
- three-quarter time,
- time,
- time pattern,
- timing,
- triple time,
- triplet,
- truncation,
- two-four time,
- unconsciousness,
- waltz time