Definition of repetition

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Repetition (n.) The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.

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Rote :: Rote (n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote..
Diaper :: Diaper (n.) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
Encore :: Encore (v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer..
Habit :: Habit (n.) Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior..
Antanaclasis :: Antanaclasis (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc..
Cough :: Cough (v. i.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease..
Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Proleptical :: Proleptical (a.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
Encore :: Encore (n.) A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous..
Troll :: Troll (n.) The act of moving round; routine; repetition.
Pronoun :: Pronoun (n.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they..
Battology :: Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.
Replica :: Replica (v. & n.) Repetition.
Drill :: Drill (n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar..
Sympode :: Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth..
Double-tonguing :: Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing..
Replication :: Replication (n.) A repetition; a copy.
Reboation :: Reboation (n.) Repetition of a bellow.
Over :: Over (adv.) Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over..
Echo :: Echo (n.) A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.
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