Definition of percussion Percussion

/pɚkʌˈʃʌn/ - [perkushun] - per•cus•sion

We found 17 definitions of percussion from 7 different sources.

What does percussion mean?

Noun Plural: percussions
percussion - the act of playing a percussion instrument
		music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
percussion - tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
		pleximetry
		auscultation listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
percussion - the act of exploding a percussion cap
percussion - the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
		percussion section, rhythm section
		section one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"

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percussion (Noun)
The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
percussion (Noun)
The sound so produced.
percussion (Noun)
The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
percussion (Noun)
The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
percussion (Noun)
The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instrument s; such instruments considered as a group.
percussion (Noun)
The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.

percussion (n.)
The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report.
percussion (n.)
Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.
percussion (n.)
The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate.

percussion
per-kush′un, n. the forcible striking of one body against another: collision, or the shock produced by it: impression of sound on the ear: (med.) the tapping upon the body to find the condition of an internal organ by the sounds: in the jargon of palmistry, the outer side of the hand.—adjs. Percuss′ional, Percuss′ive.—ns. Percuss′ion-bull′et, a bullet so formed as to explode on striking something: an explosive bullet; Percus′sion-cap, a cap of copper partly filled with a substance which explodes when struck, formerly used for firing rifles, &c.; Percus′sion-fuse, a fuse in a projectile set in action by concussion when the projectile strikes the object; Percus′sion-hamm′er, a small hammer for percussion in diagnosis; Percus′sion-lock, a kind of lock for a gun in which a hammer strikes upon a percussion-cap on the nipple, igniting the charge; Percus′sion-pow′der, powder which explodes on being struck, called also fulminating powder.—adv. Percuss′ively.—ns. Percuss′or; Percuteur′, an instrument for light percussion in neuralgia, &c.—adj. Percū′tient, striking or having power to strike.—n. that which strikes or has power to strike. [L. percussion-em—percutĕre, percussum—per, thoroughly, quatĕre, to shake.]

percussion
Is the impression which a body makes in falling or striking against another, or the shock of two moving bodies. It is either direct or oblique.