Percussion Instrument

  

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Percussion Instrument

Definition: Percussion Instrument

Percussion Instrument

Noun

1. A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Percussion Instrument

Synonym: percussive instrument (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Percussion Instrument

English words defined with "percussion instrument": bell, bonesCapper, castanets, chime, clappers, cymbaldrumEchoscopefinger cymbalsglockenspiel, gongkettle, kettledrummaraca, marimba, membranophoneorchestral bellsPulsatilesteel drumtam-tam, timpani, triangle, tympan, tympani, tympanumvibes, vibraharp, vibraphonexylophone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "percussion instrument": PERCUSSION-INSTRUMENT REPAIRER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Percussion Instrument

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Books

  • Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Percussion Instrument

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Sounds Captioned with "Percussion Instrument".

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Tic tac sound made by a small percussion instrument.Gamelan percussion instrument being struck with hammer and muted with hand. .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Percussion Instrument

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  percussion instrument

328

  latin percussion instrument

9

  picture of percussion instrument

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Percussion Instrument

Language Translations for "percussion instrument"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

lyömäsoitin. (various references)

   

German

  

Schlaginstrument. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ütős hangszer. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"楽器 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

がっき. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ercussionpay instrumentay

   

Russian 

  

ударный инструмент. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

slaginstrumenten. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Percussion Instrument

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-n-o-p-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-u-u"

-5 letters: impecuniousness, incorruptnesses, intussusception, neuroscientists, supercontinents, supernutritions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Percussion Instrument


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 72 63 75 73 73 69 6F 6E      49 6E 73 74 72 75 6D 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110010 01100011 01110101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01001001 01101110 01110011 01110100 01110010 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#114 &#99 &#117 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#73 &#110 &#115 &#116 &#114 &#117 &#109 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0072 0063 0075 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E      0049 006E 0073 0074 0072 0075 006D 0065 006E 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50718469878585758180243808586848779718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Sounds
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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