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repercussion |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --Hare. 2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound. 3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. --Dunglison. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repercussion n 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions" 2: a movement back from an impact [syn: {recoil}, {rebound}, {backlash}]
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