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percussion

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As a noun, percussion means the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.

Meanings of percussion

9 meanings

noun

  1. The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.

  2. The sound so produced.

  3. The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.

  4. medicineThe tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.

  5. musicThe section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.

  6. engineeringThe repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.

  7. palmistryThe outer side of the hand.

  8. The act of playing a percussion instrument

  9. Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

    Similar: pleximetry

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion …
percussion sectionrhythm section
noun: tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
pleximetry

Words that rhyme with percussion

russiandiscussionconcussionprussianrepercussion

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