Meaning of PERCUSSION
| Pronunciation: | | pur'kushun
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| Matching Terms: | | percussion cap, percussion instrument, percussionist
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| | Definition: | | A method of examination by tapping the fingertips at various points on the body to determine position and size of a structure beneath the surface. |
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| | Related Terms: | | appulse, battery, bells, bones, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bump, cannon, carambole, carom, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, clash, collision, concussion, crack-up, crash, crash cymbal, crump, crunch, cymbals, encounter, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, hammering, handbells, idiophone, impact, impingement, jar, jolt, lyra, maraca, marimba, mauling, meeting, metallophone, onslaught, orchestral bells, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, ramming, rattle, rattlebones, repercussion, shock, sideswipe, sizzler, sledgehammering, smash, smashing, smash-up, snappers, tam-tam, thrusting, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, whomp, xylophone |
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