syncope

  1. Noun.  A loss of consciousness when someone faints, a swoon.
  2. Noun.  (prosody) A missing sound from the interior of a word, for example by changing cannot to can't or the pronunciation of placenames in -cester (e.g. Leicester) as -ster.
  3. Noun.  A missed beat or off-beat stress in music resulting in syncopation.

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