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Definition of Repetition
1. Noun. An event that repeats. "The events today were a repeat of yesterday's"
Generic synonyms: Periodic Event, Recurrent Event
Specialized synonyms: Sequence, Cycle, Rematch, Replay, Recurrence, Return
Derivative terms: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Repetitious
2. Noun. The act of doing or performing again.
Generic synonyms: Continuance, Continuation
Specialized synonyms: Echolalia, Iteration, Redundancy, Reduplication, Reiteration, Copying, Action Replay, Instant Replay, Replay, Renewal, Replication
Derivative terms: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Repetitious
3. Noun. The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.
Specialized synonyms: Anadiplosis, Reduplication, Epanalepsis, Epanodos, Epiphora, Epistrophe, Gemination, Ploce, Polyptoton, Anaphora, Epanaphora, Anaphora, Symploce
Derivative terms: Repetitious
Definition of Repetition
1. n. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
Definition of Repetition
1. Noun. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. ¹
2. Noun. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a '''rep'''. A group of '''repetitions''' is a set. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repetition
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Medical Definition of Repetition
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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. The act of repeating, singing, playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
4. Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Repetition
Literary usage of Repetition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(2) Disturbances of repetition Aside from true echolalia, or imperative repetition
of words heard, a condition already referred to as occurring in the "tic" ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"There is a difference, again, between a repetition of Difference acts, and a "habit
or practice. The term repetition of acts may repetition of be employed, ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1906)
"repetition is useful not only to secure precision, but also as a check against
mistakes. If a mistake is made on the first reading of an angle the vernier, ..."
4. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1896)
"A. THE PLACE OF repetition IN MEMORY. BY WG SMITH. Smith College. The investigation
of which I wish to give a short account was undertaken with the view of ..."
5. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori (1912)
"The exercise which develops life, consists in the repetition, not in the mere
grasp of the idea. ... In fact, repetition corresponds to a need. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Torts in Obligations Arising from Civil Wrongs in by Frederick Pollock, James Avery Webb (1894)
"repetition of spoken words. It is settled however that no cause of action is
afforded by special damage arising merely from the voluntary repetition of ..."
7. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Changes in percepts through repetition. The fusion of factors into single groups
becomes easier after repetition. Thus the expert rifleman comes to ..."
8. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"The rapid reiteration of a note is called repetition ; a special touch of the
... The particular advantages of repetition to grand pianos have been widely ..."
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