repetition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repetition	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for repetition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repetition n an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" Synonym(s): repeat, repetition the act of doing or performing again Synonym(s): repetition, repeating the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repetition \Rep`e*ti"tion\ (r[ecr]p`[esl]-t[icr]sh"[ucr]n), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. r[82]p[82]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}.