percussion : Idioms & Phrases


Center of percussion

  • that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis.
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Percussion bullet

  • a bullet containing a substance which is exploded by percussion; an explosive bullet.
Webster 1913

Percussion cap

  • noun a detonator that explodes when struck
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  • a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder.
Webster 1913

Percussion fuze

  • . See under Fuze.
Webster 1913

percussion instrument

  • noun a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
    percussive instrument.
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Percussion lock

  • the lock of a gun that is fired by percussion upon fulminating powder.
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Percussion match

  • a match which ignites by percussion.
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Percussion powder

  • powder so composed as to ignite by slight percussion; fulminating powder.
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percussion section

  • noun the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
    percussion; rhythm section.
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Percussion sieve, Percussion table

  • a machine for sorting ores by agitation in running water.
Webster 1913