| slovo | definícia |
repercussion
(mass) | repercussion
- dopad, následok, odozva, odraz |
repercussion
(encz) | repercussion,odezva n: Zdeněk Brož |
Repercussion
(gcide) | Repercussion \Re`per*cus"sion\ (-k?sh"?n), n. [L. repercussio:
cf. F. r['e]percussion.]
1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven
back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of
sound.
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Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --Hare.
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2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
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3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action
of a repellent. --Dunglison.
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4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of
imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock
to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back
again against the examining finger.
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repercussion
(wn) | repercussion
n 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his
declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations
of the market crash were felt years later" [syn:
repercussion, reverberation]
2: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil,
repercussion, rebound, backlash] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
repercussions
(encz) | repercussions,dopady n: pl. Zdeněk Brožrepercussions,následky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožrepercussions,odezvy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožrepercussions,odrazy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Repercussion
(gcide) | Repercussion \Re`per*cus"sion\ (-k?sh"?n), n. [L. repercussio:
cf. F. r['e]percussion.]
1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven
back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of
sound.
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Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --Hare.
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2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
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3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action
of a repellent. --Dunglison.
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4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of
imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock
to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back
again against the examining finger.
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