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Definitions: Percussion |
PercussionNoun1. The act of playing drums; "he practiced his drumming several hours every day". 2. The act of exploding a percussion cap. 3. Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "percussion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Percussion \Per*cus"sion\, noun. [Latin expression percussio: compare to the French expression percussion. See Percuss.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: PercussionSynonyms: drumming (n), pleximetry (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Percussion instruments are played by being struck or shaken. They are perhaps the oldest form of musical instruments. Some percussion instruments play not only rhythm, but also melody and harmony.
The two major categories are membranophones, which add timbre to the sound of being struck, such as drums, and idiophones, which sound of themselves, such as the triangle.
The tambourine is both membranophone and idiophone.
Most percussion instruments have a distinct tone; even drums are tuned. However, a distinction is usually made based on whether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
The timpani, xylophone, vibraphone, triangle, bell, tubular bells and glockenspiel all play a definite pitch. The snare drum, bass drum, cymbal, maracas, claves, castanets, tom-tom, timbales, cowbell, washboard and wood block do not in general. However, some percussionists tune drum heads to specific pitches when recording albums or in preparation for specific composer requirements. Gongs can be tuned or untuned – the most familiar type of gong in the west, the chau gong (sometimes called a tam-tam), is untuned. Tuned cymbals exist but are rare.
The general term for a musician who plays percussion instruments is percussionist. Drummer refers to a musician who primarily plays drums including the drumset and hand drums. A timpanist is a musician who primarily plays timpani. Marimbist generally refers to a solo artist who plays the marimba.
See 'drum' section for the list of drums.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Percussion."
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Centrality | Center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy; metacenter. |
Impulse | Percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge; (attack); beating; (punishment). |
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Lyrics | Love to hear percussion (TURN THE BEAT AROUND; performing artist: Gloria Estefan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pen Point Percussion (1951) Rhythm and Percussion (1950) | |
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 | Figure 38. Percussion current meter invented by Julien Thoulet. Top: Number 99 0610. Bottom: Number 99 0611. When the helix turned it caused a striker to fall on a steel plate. The sound of this was recorded by a hydrophone and the number of recorded sounds per unit time was directly related to current strength . This was tested off Monaco by Dr. Jules Richard in 1921.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Production. Shell loading. These girls are "staking" fuses in the assembly of artillery shells in a large Midwest loading plant. In the manufacture and loading of percussion caps--an operation performed in a large division of the plant--ninety percent of.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | A new age style excerpt featuring a digital bass, percussion, and piano. | | Early techno sounding piece with synthesized bass, strings, and percussion. |
| "Aloha Oe" played on vibraphone with Brazilian style percussion accompaniment. | | Strumming acoustic guitar and percussion playing in a major key area. |
| Piano chords, steel drums, and rhythmic ostinato percussion. . | | Typical digital melody with percussion being dominant and supporting strings. |
| West African percussion style with South American melodic material played on a synthesizer. | | Repetitive keyboard melody with digital percussion and other processed sounds. |
| Muted guitar along with lap steel guitar and consistent percussion accompaniment. | | Unfolding piano melody with active digital percussion creating an eerie soundtrack. |
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Health | Chest percussion or lightly clapping the chest and back, may help dislodge tenacious or copious secretions. (references) | |
Physiotherapy includes chest percussion (repeated sharp blows to the chest and back to loosen secretions), suction of airways, and regular changes of body position. (references) | ||
In an NIDDK-sponsored study, three times more mucus was cleared with the flutter than after chest percussion and vibration by an experienced respiratory therapist or by vigorous voluntary coughing. (references) | ||
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| "Percussion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Percussion" is used about 173 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 173 | 23,656 |
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Expressions using "percussion": Center of percussion ♦ instrument of percussion ♦ percussion bullet ♦ percussion cap ♦ percussion drill ♦ percussion drilling ♦ percussion fuse ♦ percussion fuze ♦ percussion gun ♦ percussion hammer ♦ percussion instrument ♦ percussion instruments ♦ percussion lock ♦ percussion match ♦ percussion powder ♦ percussion sieve ♦ percussion table ♦ the percussion. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "percussion": gravity-percussion. | |
Containing "percussion": time-and-percussion fuse. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
percussion | 599 | percussion plus | 15 |
percussion instrument | 328 | groove percussion | 15 |
latin percussion | 125 | vocal percussion | 14 |
orange county drum and percussion | 50 | columbus percussion | 14 |
midwest percussion | 42 | innovative percussion | 13 |
drum percussion | 40 | percussion recycled | 13 |
percussion uk | 36 | percussion studio | 12 |
march percussion | 34 | percussion sheet music | 12 |
orange county percussion | 29 | explorer percussion | 12 |
premier percussion | 24 | toca percussion | 12 |
pork pie percussion | 22 | percussion equipment | 11 |
percussion music | 22 | atlanta pro percussion | 11 |
percussion massager | 21 | adam percussion | 11 |
lp percussion | 21 | woodstock percussion | 10 |
pulse percussion | 19 | latin percussion instrument | 9 |
percussion loop | 18 | percussion hammer | 9 |
lone star percussion | 18 | percussion freak | 8 |
pearl percussion | 18 | ajs pro percussion | 8 |
percussion software | 16 | yamaha percussion | 8 |
percussion history | 15 | picture of percussion instrument | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "percussion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | perkusion, vegla me perkusion, trokitje (knock, patter, rataplan, rattle), rrahje (affray, beating, clap, fighting, flap, hiding, lacing, leathering, licking, mix in, Pat, pulse, quiver, scramble, stroke, throb, toweling), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, blow, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), çokitje (fillip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قرع على آلة موسيقية, قرع الصوت للأذن, قدح الكبسولة, طرق (bang, beating, enter, knock, knock repeatedly, knocking, percuss, pounding, puncture, rap, tool), إيقاع (cadence, cadency, harmony, lilt, rhythm, stroke), آلات النقر, دق (beetle, chink, hammer, hammer down, knock, maul, pound, pounding, pulverization, reduce, triturate, trituration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сътресение (commotion, concussion, convulsion, earthquake, jar, jolt, shake, shock), ударни инструменти, удар (bang, bat, blow, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), сблъскване (conflict, crash, encounter, foul, impact, jar, jostle, shock, smash), причукване, перкусия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '击声. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | poklep, otřes (shake, shaking, shock), náraz (blast, bump, hit, impact, incidence, pull, rush, stroke), bicí nástroje, úder (beat, blow, buffet, bump, chop, coup, dash, hit, push, rap, shock, stroke, swipe, thrust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | perkussion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | percussie (clapping, patting, patting inunction, slapping, tapping), beklopping. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ضربت (Bat, Bob, Buff, Buffet, Bump, Contusion, Coup, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jar, Jolt, Jow, Knock, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Slap, Stroke, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), دق . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | perkussio 11], koputtelututkimus, koputtelu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | percussion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schlagzeug (drums), Schlag (apoplectic fit, ball, bang, bash, beat, belt, bent, block, blow, bolt, break, breed, buffet, bump, chime, chop, clap, clout, clump, cosh, coup, cuff, cut, cutting, felling, field, fit, helping, hit, impact, kick, kind, knock, lash, lay, parcel of land, Pat, patch of land, pelt, picking, plot, plot of land, poke, pulsation, punch, putt, removal, seizure, shock, shot, slap, smack, smash, sock, sort, stinger, strike, stripe, stroke, stroke of apoplexy, swat, tack, tap, thud, thump, thwack, timber-cutting, tree felling, type, wallop), Perkussion, Aufschlag (crash, cuff, extra charge, facing, gross profit, impact, increase, kicker, lapel, markup, overrun, over-run, price supplement, rise, serve, service, surcharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρούση (impact, shock), κτύπημα (attack, battery, blow, box, bruise, chatter, coup, flick, hammering, hit, ictus, pipe hammer, rap, slabbing, strike, stroke, thrust, tit, whipping, whop), σύγκρουση (boarding, buffer, clash, clashing, collision, conflict, crash, crush, impact, pile-up, shock), πλήξη (ennui, tedium), επίκρουσις, επίκρουση, τίναγμα (bump, concussion, flick, jerk, jerking, jolt, jounce, shake, shaking, shock, toss, twitch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כלי "קש", קיש" (beating, click, knock, rattle, snap, tap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rázkódás (concussion, convulsion, fuze, hitch, jarring, jolt, judder, shaking, shock, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, vibration), ütés (bang, bash, beat, blow, bump, bust, clap, clash, clashing, clinker, clout, cut, dent, hit, jab, jolt, kick, knock, knocking, prod, punch, slap, slosh, snick, spank, strike, striking, stroke, swipe, thump, thwack, to come to bat, whack, wham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tetabuhan (musical instrument). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | percussione (clapping, patting, patting inunction, slapping, tapping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | バ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "bu", par, park, park-and-ride, Parker, parking, parking area, parking driver, parking meter, parking valet, Parkinson, parse, parsec, parser, parsing, partial, partial freezing, pass, PC, percent, percentage, perceptron, percolator, pergola, personal, personal call, personal check, personal communication, personal computer, personal opinion, personal selling, personality, perspective, purge, purse, purser), "診 (sound someone out, tapping), '発 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パーカッション , 'きはつ (fit, outburst, spasm), し" (sound someone out, tapping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 격발. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bwoalley (assault, bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, belabour, buffet, chime, clap, club, flap, hammer, hit, knock, mint, play, pound, pulsate, punch, rhythm, ring, rise of penis, scramble, shock, slam, slap, strike, thrash, thresh, throb, toll, wallop), bwoallee (percussive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ercussionpay percussão (impact, slapping). (various references) percuţie, lovire (bastinado, clash, impact, jar, striking), instrumente de percuţie, bãtaie (battue, beat, beating, blow, box, bursting, close, concussion, cudgeling, cuff, cuffing, drubbing, dusting, fight, fighting, flogging, fray, lacing, licking, Pat, patter, pattering, pick, range, rattle, row, run, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set to, shot, slap, slapping, stroke, sweep, thrashing, throbbing, thud, thump, toll, tussle, warming), şoc (concussion, dash, hit, jar, jerk, jolt, kick, reaction, shock). (various references) удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), сотрясение (commotion, concussion, shake, shaking, thrill, toss, tremor), выстукивание, перкуссия. (various references) perkusija, udaranje (impingement, punching, striking), instrumenti udaranjem. (various references) percusión (clapping, patting, patting inunction, slapping, tapping). (various references) perkussion, stöt (blast, bump, concussion, dig, hit, impact, impingement, impulse, jab, jar, jerk, job, jog, jolt, jostle, knock, pass, prod, push, shock, shove, thrust, thump), slag (action, bang, battle, beat, bilge, blow, bust, clip, clout, cuff, cut, day, description, diaclase, dye, fashion, fight, fissure, flapping, fracture, genre, genus, hit, impact, impingement, jab, joint, joints, kidney, kind, knock, lape, lapel, larrup, lash, lay, leg, lick, moment, nature, order, quality, scuffle, shock, slap, smack, species, stamp, strike, stroke, struggle, tack, tap, thump, turn, type, warbling, wham, whang). (various references) parmaklar ile vurmak, parmaklar ile vurma, vurmalı çalgılar (battery, percussion instruments, traps), vurmalı (percussive, pulsatile), vurma (blip, dash, hit, knock, knocking, percussive, pound, pounding, shoot, strike, swat), vurarak masaj yapmak, darbeli (percussive), çarpma (beat, blip, brunt, bump, impact, jolt, lash, multiplication, stroke). (various references) удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, jolt, kick, knock, onslaught, pick, push, put, shock, shot, smite, spat, stab, strike, stroke, tick, tilt, wap), вистукування, перкусія. (various references) ngòi nổ (detonator, percussion cap), kíp nổ (igniter, percussion cap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "percussion": percussionist, percussionists, percussions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "percussion": repercussion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "percussion": repercussions. (additional references) | |
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"Percussion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: percession, percision, percission, persussion, pertussin, precussion, prussion. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "percussion" (pronounced perku"shun) |
| 7 | p er k u" sh u n | repercussion. |
| 5 | -k u" sh u n | concussion, discussion. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, 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nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: supersonic. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: coinsures, conspires, incorpses. | |
-2 letters: coinsure, conspire, cornuses, corpuses, crispens, incorpse, necrosis, neurosis, pouncers, precious, princess, pruinose, resinous, ropiness, specious. | |
-3 letters: censors, cession, coenuri, coiners, copiers, corpses, cosines, courses, cousins, crepons, crispen, cronies, croupes, cruises, incross, incuses, inpours, insures, orceins, orpines, oscines, percuss, persons, piceous, pincers, poisers, porcine, poseurs, pouncer, pounces, poussie, princes, prisons. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: percussions, preclusions, prosceniums, supersonics, supertonics. | |
+2 letters: consumership, counterspies, persecutions, preciousness, preconscious, prefocussing, prosecutions, repercussion. | |
+3 letters: consumerships, counselorship, counterpoises, incorruptness, mispronounces, percussionist, rapaciousness, repercussions. | |
+4 letters: capriciousness, ceruloplasmins, counselorships, countersnipers, hyperconscious, percussionists, perniciousness, picornaviruses, precariousness, preciousnesses, precociousness, precombustions, preconsciouses, preconsciously, productiveness, pseudoscorpion, psychoneurosis, superscription, supersonically. | |
+5 letters: circumspections, connoisseurship, incorruptnesses, multiprocessing, perfunctoriness, perspicuousness, precipitousness, promiscuousness, pseudoscorpions, psychoneurotics, rapaciousnesses, supercontinents, superinductions, superinfections, superscriptions, ultraprecisions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 63 75 73 73 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. -.-. ..- ... ... .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01100011 01110101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r c u s s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0063 0075 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50718469878585758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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