Hypertext Webster Gateway: "repetition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Repetition \Rep`e*ti"tion\ (r[e^]p`[-e]-t[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
repetitio: cf. F. r['e]p['e]tition. See {Repeat}.]
1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults,
with surplus to tire in repetition. --Shak.
2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.
3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same
piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the
same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a
deeper impression on the audience.
5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by
successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Syn: Iteration; rehearsal. See {Tautology}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
repetition
n 1: an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of
yesterday's" [syn: {repeat}]
2: the act of doing or performing again [syn: {repeating}]
3: the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a
rhetorical device
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