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percussion

Percussion is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter P and ends with the letter N for which we found 3 definitions.

Definition
(n.) The act of percussing or striking one body against another; forcible collision esp. such as gives a sound or report.
(n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.
(n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance as a pleximeter is used it is called mediate.

Syllable Information

The word percussion is a 10 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for percussion is: per-cus-sion


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