Percussion vs Percuss - What's the difference?
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(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
(engineering) the repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling
To strike; to hit; to knock; to deliver a blow to.
To impact.
(transitive, chiefly, medicine) To attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface).
(transitive, chiefly, medicine) To attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface.
Percussion is a related term of percuss.
As a noun percussion
is (countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.As a verb percuss is
to strike; to hit; to knock; to deliver a blow to.percussion
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* * ----percuss
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(es)- Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed , give no sound.
- Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.
- The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia.
- Percussing a patient's spleen is best done while he is on his back.
