percussion

English

Noun

percussion (countable and uncountable; plural percussions)

1. (countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
2. (countable) the sound so produced
3. (countable) the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
4. (medicine) the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
5. (music) the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group
6. (engineering) the repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling

Translations

collision producing a sound

Chinese: Mandarin: 擊發 (zh), 击发 (zh) (jīfā)

Finnish: lyönti (fi) Icelandic: samsláttur m., sláttur m., barningur m.

sound produced by collision

Chinese: Mandarin: 擊發的聲音, 击发的声音 (jīfā de shēngyīn)

Finnish: lyöntiääni Icelandic: please add this translation if you can

detonation of percussion cap

medicine: tapping of the body

Finnish: koputtelu (fi)

music: section of percussion instruments

Chinese: Mandarin: 打擊樂器 (zh), 打击乐器 (zh) (dǎjī yuèqì)

Finnish: lyömäsoittimet (fi) pl. Icelandic: slagverk (is) n.

engineering: repeated striking

Finnish: tärytys (fi)

Anagrams

• croupiness
• supersonic

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French

Noun

percussion f. (plural percussions)

1. percussion (tapping of the body)
2. (music) percussion