percussion

  1. Noun.  (countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
  2. Noun.  (countable) the sound so produced.
  3. Noun.  (countable) the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
  4. Noun.  (medicine) the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
  5. Noun.  (music) the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group.
  6. Noun.  (engineering) the repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.

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