Repercussion \Re`per*cus"sion\ (-k?sh"?n), n. [L. repercussio:
cf. F. r['e]percussion.]
1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven
back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of
sound.
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Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --Hare.
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2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
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3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action
of a repellent. --Dunglison.
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4. (Obstetrics) 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
repercussion
n 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his
declaration had unforeseen repercussions";
"reverberations of the market crash were felt years
later" [syn: reverberation]
2: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, rebound, backlash]
WordNet (r) 2.0
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "repercussion":
aftermath, antagonism, antipathy, backfire, backlash, backlashing,
backwash, boomerang, bounce, bound, cantando, carom, clashing,
clout, collision, concussion, conflict, confutation, consequence,
contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrecoup,
counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, crankiness,
crotchetiness, crunch, demilegato, dissent, echo, effect,
execution, expression, fallout, fingering, force, friction,
glissando, impact, impress, impression, imprint, interference,
intonation, kick, kickback, legato, mark, mezzo staccato,
music-making, nonconformity, opposition, opposure, oppugnance,
oppugnancy, outcome, parlando, percussion, performance,
perverseness, pianism, pizzicato, print, reaction, rebound, rebuff,
recalcitrance, recalcitration, recoil, reflex, rendering,
rendition, renitency, repugnance, repulse, resilience, resistance,
response, result, reverberation, revolt, ricochet, rubato, shock,
slur, smash, spiccato, spring, staccato, swimming upstream, touch,
upshot
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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