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Definition of percussion
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Percussion
(n.)
Hence:
The
effect
of
violent
collision;
vibratory
shock;
impression
of sound on the ear.
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Shell
::
Shell (n.) A
hollow
projectile,
of
various
shapes,
adapted
for a
mortar
or a
cannon,
and
containing
an
explosive
substance,
ignited
with a fuse or by
percussion,
by means of which the
projectile
is burst and its
fragments
scattered.
See
Bomb..
Strike
::
Strike
(v. i.) To sound by
percussion,
with
blows,
or as with
blows;
to be
struck;
as, the clock
strikes..
Percuss
::
Percuss
(v. i.) To
strike
or tap in an
examination
by
percussion.
See
Percussion,
3..
Marimba
::
Marimba
(n.) A
musical
istrument
of
percussion,
consisting
of bars
yielding
musical
tones when
struck..
Triangle
::
Triangle
(n.) An
instrument
of
percussion,
usually
made of a rod of
steel,
bent into the form of a
triangle,
open at one
angle,
and
sounded
by being
struck
with a small
metallic
rod..
Disintegrator
::
Disintegrator
(n.) A
machine
for
grinding
or
pulverizing
by
percussion.
Snarl
::
Snarl (v. t.) To form
raised
work upon the outer
surface
of (thin metal ware) by the
repercussion
of a
snarling
iron upon the inner
surface.
Capsule
::
Capsule
(n.) A small cup or
shell,
as of
metal,
for a
percussion
cap,
cartridge,
etc..
Fluctuation
::
Fluctuation
(n.) The
motion
or
undulation
of a fluid
collected
in a
natural
or
artifical
cavity,
which is felt when it is
subjected
to
pressure
or
percussion..
Repercussion
::
Repercussion
(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..
Gunflint
::
Gunflint
(n.) A
sharpened
flint for the lock of a gun, to
ignite
the
charge.
It was in
common
use
before
the
introduction
of
percussion
caps..
Rebuff
::
Rebuff
(n.)
Repercussion,
or
beating
back; a quick and
sudden
resistance..
Lock
::
Lock (n.) That part or
apparatus
of a
firearm
by which the
charge
is
exploded;
as, a
matchlock,
flintlock,
percussion
lock, etc..
Drum
::
Drum (n.) An
instrument
of
percussion,
consisting
either
of a
hollow
cylinder,
over each end of which is
stretched
a piece of skin or
vellum,
to be
beaten
with a
stick;
or of a
metallic
hemisphere
(kettledrum)
with a
single
piece of skin to be so
beaten;
the
common
instrument
for
marking
time in
martial
music;
one of the pair of
tympani
in an
orchestra,
or
cavalry
band..
Wear
::
Wear (v. t.) To
impair,
waste,
or
diminish,
by
continual
attrition,
scraping,
percussion,
on the like; to
consume
gradually;
to cause to lower or
disappear;
to
spend..
Musket
::
Musket
(n.) A
species
of
firearm
formerly
carried
by the
infantry
of an army. It was
originally
fired by means of a
match,
or
matchlock,
for which
several
mechanical
appliances
(including
the
flintlock,
and
finally
the
percussion
lock) were
successively
substituted.
This arm has been
generally
superseded
by the
rifle..
Percussion
::
Percussion
(n.) The act of
tapping
or
striking
the
surface
of the body in order to learn the
condition
of the parts
beneath
by the sound
emitted
or the
sensation
imparted
to the
fingers.
Percussion
is said to be
immediate
if the blow is
directly
upon the body; if some
interventing
substance,
as a
pleximeter,
is, used, it is
called
mediate..
Repercussion
::
Repercussion
(n.) The
subsidence
of a tumor or
eruption
by the
action
of a
repellent.
Cap
::
Cap (n.) A
percussion
cap. See under
Percussion.
Recapper
::
Recapper
(n.) A tool used for
applying
a fresh
percussion
cap or
primer
to a
cartridge
shell in
reloading
it.
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