English-Thai Dictionary
percussion
N การ เคาะ การ ตี การ กระทบ drumming tapping beating kan-kor
percussion
N เครื่องดนตรี ประเภท เคาะ หรือ ตี krueng-don-tre-pra-ped-kor-rue-te
percussion instrument
N เครื่องดนตรี ประเภท ตี หรือ เคาะ เช่น กลอง krueng-don-tre-pra-ped-kor
percussionist
N นักดนตรี ที่ เล่น เครื่องดนตรี ประเภท ตี หรือ เคาะ timpanist nak-don-tre-ti-len-krueng-don-tre-ti-te-rue-kor
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PERCUSSION
n.[L. percussio.] The act of striking one body against another, with some violence; as the vibrations excited in the air by percussion. 1. The impression one body makes on another by falling on it or striking it.
2. The impression or effect of sound on the ear.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERCUSSION
Per *cus "sion, n. Etym: [L. percussio: cf. F. percussion. See Percuss. ]
1. The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. Sir I. Newton.
2. Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. The thunderlike percussion of thy sounds. Shak.
3. (Med. )
Defn: 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. Center of percussion. See under Center. -- Percussion bullet, a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet. -- Percussion cap, a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder. -- Percussion fuze. See under Fuze. -- Percussion lock, the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder. -- Percussion match, a match which ignites by percussion. -- Percussion powder, powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder. -- Percussion sieve, Percussion table, a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water.
New American Oxford Dictionary
percussion
per cus sion |pərˈkəSHən pərˈkəʃən | ▶noun 1 musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a handheld or pedal-operated stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles: [ as modifier ] : percussion instruments | the percussion section. 2 the striking of one solid object with or against another with some degree of force: the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters. • Medicine the action of tapping a part of the body as part of a diagnosis: the chest sounded dull on percussion. DERIVATIVES per cus sion ist |-ist |noun percussion ( sense 1 ), per cus sive |-ˈkəsiv |adjective, per cus sive ly |-ˈkəsivlē |adverb, per cus sive ness |-ˈkəsivnis |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin percussio (n- ), from the verb percutere ‘to strike forcibly ’ (see percuss ).
percussion cap
per cus sion cap ▶noun a small amount of explosive powder contained in metal or paper and exploded by striking. Percussion caps are used chiefly in toy guns and formerly in some firearms.
Oxford Dictionary
percussion
per |cus ¦sion |pəˈkʌʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles: [ as modifier ] : percussion instruments. 2 the striking of one solid object with or against another with some degree of force: the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters. • Medicine the action of tapping a part of the body as part of a diagnosis. DERIVATIVES percussionist noun percussion ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin percussio (n- ), from the verb percutere ‘to strike forcibly ’ (see percuss ).
percussion cap
per |cus ¦sion cap ▶noun a small amount of explosive powder contained in metal or paper and exploded by striking, used in toy guns and formerly in firearms.
percussion drill
per |cus ¦sion drill ▶noun another term for hammer drill.
Oxford Thesaurus
percussion
percussion noun the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters: crash, bang, smash, clash, bump, thump, thwack, whack; impact, collision, striking, beating, shock, knock.
Duden Dictionary
Percussion
Per cus sion Substantiv, feminin Musik , die |pəˈkaʃn̩ |englisch percussion = Schlagzeug; vgl. Perkussion 1 (im Jazz und in der Popmusik ) Gruppe der Schlaginstrumente, besonders die das Schlagzeug ergänzenden Instrumente wie Bongos, Congas o. Ä.2 Effekt des Ab-, Nachklingens bei elektronischen Orgeln, Synthesizern
French Dictionary
percussion
percussion n. f. nom féminin Choc d ’un corps contre un autre. : Le tambour, les cymbales, la caisse sont des instruments à percussion ou de percussion.
percussionniste
percussionniste n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Musicien qui joue d ’un instrument à percussion.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
percussion
per cus sion /pə r kʌ́ʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U C 〘楽 〙打楽器 (percussion instrument ; →次ページ ); 〖the ~〗打楽器パート .2 U (固い2つの物の )衝突 ; 衝突による音 [効果 ], 打楽器の演奏 .3 U 〘医 〙打診 .
percussionist
per c ú s sion ist 名詞 C 打楽器演奏者 .