Usually means: Merging of vowels across words.
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  1. synalepha: Merriam-Webster
  2. synalepha: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. synalepha: Collins English Dictionary
  4. synalepha: Wordnik
  5. synalepha: Wiktionary
  6. synalepha: Dictionary.com
  7. Synalepha: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Synalepha: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. synalepha: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Synalepha: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. synalepha: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. synalepha: FreeDictionary.org
  13. synalepha: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (synalepha)

noun:  The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.
noun:  The melding into a single syllable of two vowels from two different syllables.

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