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percussion | x |

As a noun percussion

is (countable) the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

percussion

English

Noun

  • (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

    • Anagrams

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    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----