REPERCUSSIONS
Noun
repercussions
plural of repercussion
Source: Wiktionary
REPERCUSSION
Re`per*cus"sion (-ksh"n), n. Etym: [L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.]
1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. Hare.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
3. (Med.)
Definition: The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.
4. (Obstetrics)
Definition: In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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