percussion

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Synonyms: persuasion, repercussion, pertusion, permission, recussion, percussive, perfusion, perpession, percussor, excussion, percussing

Antonyms: persuasion, repercussion, pertusion, permission, recussion, percussive, perfusion, perpession, percussor, excussion, percussing

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} The [[collision]] of two [[bodies]] in order to produce a [[sound]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The sound so produced.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} The [[detonation]] of a [[percussion cap]] in a [[firearm]].
4. {{lb|en|medicine}} The [[tapping]] of the [[body]] as an aid to [[medical]] [[diagnosis]].
5. {{lb|en|music}} The section of an [[orchestra]] or band containing [[percussion instrument]]s; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from [[drum kit]]s.
6. {{lb|en|engineering}} The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
7. {{lb|en|palmistry}} The outer side of the [[hand]].

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