Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Repercussion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --Hare.
2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action
of a repellent. --Dunglison.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
repercussion
n 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his
declaration had unforeseen repercussions"
2: a movement back from an impact [syn: {recoil}, {rebound}, {backlash}]
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