An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
A languid, maudlin mood.
An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
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.