repercussion

See also: répercussion

English

WOTD – 15 February 2010

From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”).

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repercussion (countable and uncountable, plural repercussions)

A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
the repercussion of sound
- 1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter
  Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
(music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
(medicine) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent^[1].
(obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

consequence, result of action

act of driving back, or the state of being driven back

music: rapid reiteration of the same sound

medicine: subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent

obstetrics

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1839, Robley Dunglison, “REPERCUSSION”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC: