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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