repercussion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repercussion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for repercussion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repercussion n a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" Synonym(s): repercussion, reverberation a movement back from an impact Synonym(s): recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repercussion \Re`percus"sion\ (-k?sh"?n), n. [L. repercussio: cf. F. r[82]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.