||Syn`cli*no"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Synclinoria (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; to
||lay together + &?; mountain.] (Geol.) A mountain range owing its
||origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe
||of displacement and upturning. Dana.
Syn"co*pal (?), a. Of or pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.
Syn"co*pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syncopated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Syncopating.] [LL. syncopatus, p. p. of syncopare to syncopate, to
swoon. See Syncope.] 1. (Gram.) To contract, as a word, by taking one
or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, "Gloster" is a
syncopated form of "Gloucester."
2. (Mus.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure,
and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is
driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags.
Syn`co*pa"tion (?), n. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the
contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from
the middle; syncope.
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.
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.