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切分音 — meaning in English

qiē fēn yīn

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English meaning

  • syncope noun The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.

Senses

切分音 is used for these senses in English:

  • syncopation (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.
  • syncope (music) A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

syncope — full definition

  1. noun The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.
  2. noun A loss of consciousness when fainting.
  3. noun A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

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