percussion
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
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percussion (countable and uncountable; plural percussions)
- (countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
- (countable) the sound so produced
- (countable) the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
- (medicine) the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
- (music) the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group
[edit] Translations
collision producing a sound
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sound produced by collision
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a section of percussion instruments
