Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /pɚˈkʌʃən/
Noun
percussion
- (countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
- (countable) The sound so produced.
- (countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
- (medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
- (music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
- (engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
- (palmistry) The outer side of the hand.
- Russian: столкнове́ние
- Russian: высту́кивание
- German: Perkussion
- Portuguese: percussão
- Russian: уда́рный инструме́нт
- Spanish: percusión
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