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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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