Repercussion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.
  • n. A recoil, rebounding, or reciprocal motion after impact.
  • n. A reflection, especially of sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
  • n. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
  • n. Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
  • n. The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
  • n. 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
  • n. Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
  • n. The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of driving back; a rebounding or reflection; the throwing back of a moving body by another upon which it impinges; reverberation.
  • n. In music:
  • n. That tone in a Gregorian mode which is most frequently repeated; the dominant.
  • n. The reappearance of the subject and answer of a fugue in regular order after the general development with its episodes.
  • n. Any reiteration or repetition of a tone or chord.
  • n. In obstetrics, the impinging of the fetus upon the examining finger in the test for pregnancy known as ballottement.
  • n. In surgery, the force causing a contrafissure.
  • n. In med,., the disappearance of an eruption or of a tumor as a result of an external application.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a movement back from an impact
  • n. a remote or indirect consequence of some action
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    result    effect    event    issue    consequence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reflection    reverberation    repel    recoil    aftereffect   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Prussian    Russian    concussion    discussion    percussion   
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