percussion has definitions from the fields of music,medicine
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[ noun ] (music) the act of playing drums

Synonyms

drumming

Examples

"he practiced his drumming several hours every day"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Some clue to the character of London 's approach in these discs may be gained immediately from the fact that ten of the 12 titles include the word `` percussion '' or `` percussive '' .

Related terms

music drum

2
[ noun ] the act of exploding a percussion cap

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Thus he wired J._P._Lower_and_Sons of Denver : `` Have you any percussion hand_grenades for throwing in a house or across a well loaded with balls or shrapnel shot ?

Related terms

detonation

3
[ noun ] (music) the act of playing a percussion instrument

Related terms

music

4
[ noun ] (music) the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments

Related terms

section

5
[ noun ] (medicine) tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

Synonyms

pleximetry

Related terms

auscultation percuss

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