percussion
IPA: pɝkˈʌʃʌn
noun
- (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; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
- (engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
- (palmistry) The outer side of the hand.
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Examples of "percussion" in Sentences
- The mallet percussion cuts off where the timpani begin.
- The remainder of the track is distant, droning percussion.
- The percussion use the cadence of a languorous belly dance.
- The percussion was the highest scoring caption for the year.
- It is the largest all brass and percussion band in the world.
- The final type of musical accompaniment is the percussion pattern.
- The rod member is releasably connected to the percussion assembly.
- Most percussion instruments are examples of this, such as the xylophone.
- The intensity of the percussion was reduced and this problem was eliminated.
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