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Meaning of "percussor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERCUSSOR

percussor  [pəˈkʌsɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERCUSSOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Percussor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERCUSSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of percussor in the English dictionary

The definition of percussor in the dictionary is a person who or a thing which strikes something sharply, rapidly or suddenly. Other definition of percussor is a person who taps on with the fingertips or a special hammer to aid diagnosis or for therapeutic purposes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERCUSSOR


Arkansas
ˈɑːkənˌsɔː
band-saw
ˈbændˌsɔː
bandsaw
ˈbændsɔː
buzzsaw
ˈbʌzsɔː
dinosaur
ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː
Esau
ˈiːsɔː
jigsaw
ˈdʒɪɡˌsɔː
lessor
ˈlɛsɔː
Luxor
ˈlʌksɔː
Mysore
maɪˈsɔː
oversaw
ˌəʊvəˈsɔː
ripsaw
ˈrɪpˌsɔː
saw
sɔː
seesaw
ˈsiːˌsɔː
soar
sɔː
soare
sɔː
sore
sɔː
titanosaur
taɪˈtænəˌsɔː
tyrannosaur
tɪˈrænəˌsɔː
Warsaw
ˈwɔːsɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERCUSSOR

percursory
percuss
percussant
percussion
percussion bullet
percussion cap
percussion drill
percussion instrument
percussion lock
percussion player
percussion section
percussion tool
percussional
percussionist
percussive
percussively
percussiveness
percutaneous
percutaneously
percutient

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERCUSSOR

aggressor
assessor
assistant professor
associate professor
axial-flow compressor
college professor
compressor
decompressor
food processor
microprocessor
nutty professor
oppressor
predecessor
processor
professor
scissor
successor
suppressor
visiting professor
word processor

Synonyms and antonyms of percussor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «percussor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERCUSSOR

Find out the translation of percussor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of percussor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «percussor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

percussor
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

percutor
570 millions of speakers

English

percussor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

percussor
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

percussor
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

percussor
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

percussor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

percussor
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

percuteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkusi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

percussor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

percussor
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

percussor
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Percussor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

percussor
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

percussor
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश आवाज काढणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

percussor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

percussor
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

percussor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

percussor
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

percussor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

percussor
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

percussor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

percussor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

percussor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of percussor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCUSSOR»

The term «percussor» is normally little used and occupies the 139.767 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERCUSSOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «percussor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «percussor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about percussor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERCUSSOR»

Discover the use of percussor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to percussor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Basic Clinical Lab Competencies for Respiratory Care: An ...
The manual percussor is on a flexible plastic handle, which can be used in an isolette and helps to reduce fatigue when performing percussion. Mechanical Percussors Mechanical percussor devices have been developed to facilitate chest ...
Gary White, 2012
2
Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family
A Guide for Patient and Family David M. Orenstein, Jonathan E. Spahr, Daniel J. Weiner. Another in the category of devices-you-wear is a percussor pack, which you slip on like a backpack. This device has pistons inside the pack pounding on  ...
David M. Orenstein, Jonathan E. Spahr, Daniel J. Weiner, 2012
3
Archaeological Concepts, Techniques, and Terminology for ...
The hardness or softness of the hammerstone controls the interval of contact between the percussor and the flint-like material, for the time of contact is proportionate to the yield and density of the percussor. If the hammerstone or billet is of ...
Wm Jack Hranicky, 2013
4
Equipment Theory for Respiratory Care
Med Systems, San Diego, CA, manufactures and distributes a pneumatic chest percussor, the Fluid Flo® 2500 (Figure 4-37). The Fluid Flo® 2500 percussor is pneumatically powered by any 50-psi compressed gas source and only consumes ...
Gary White, 2014
5
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a charge torpedo, a spring-pressed percussor recessed at one end, a guide tube in which said percussor works, a plummet adapted to lie in said recess and be held therein by the guide tube, a trigger adapted to engage said percussor and ...
‎1919
6
Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment
FIGURE 7-14 A manual percussor (Courtesy Smiths Medical Products, Dublin, OH.) painful for the patient (if performed by someone inexperienced in CPT). As a result of these potential problems, several companies have produced some ...
J. M. Cairo, 2013
7
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
1900. Serial No. 272.23 i Claim. — 1. In a lighter of the class described, the combination of a magazine for holding ignitible charges, a percussor or igniier for igniting charges fed from the magazine, feeding means separate from the percussor ...
United States. Patent Office, 1907
8
Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis
Sometimesa percussor is used ina mannerso that contact is not made between the objective pieceand the percussor, inwhichcase the percussor is used to strike apunchthatis placed onthe surfaceof the objective piece. This technique iscalled  ...
William Andrefsky, Jr, 2005
9
Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine
application of the percussor hand and the monitoring hand, there will be a resonant wave of energy created between the two. This force will resonate with the dysfunction field between the hands. In order to get this resonating wave, the speed, ...
Anthony G. Chila, 2010
10
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
A percussor without teeth is also not unfrequently employed by Baron Heurteloup , especially when attacking small calculi or fragments. A part of the apparatus formerly considered indispensable for this operation, is the rectangular bed, ...
‎1842

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERCUSSOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term percussor is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Premier, Inc. Showcases Medical Innovations Designed to Improve …
Westmed, Inc.: Vibralung Acoustical Percussor, a device that uses sound waves over a wide range of frequencies in Airway Clearance Therapy ... «GlobeNewswire, Jun 15»
2
Premier Showcases Medical Innovations Designed To Improve …
Westmed, Inc.: Vibralung Acoustical Percussor, a device that uses sound waves over a wide range of frequencies in Airway Clearance Therapy ... «Med Device Online, Jun 15»
3
NYC Chiropractor Dr Steven Shoshany Expands Percussive …
Dr Shoshany chose the Erchonia Percussor device to treat soft tissue pain caused by muscular adhesion. The device is a hand-held ... «PR Web, Mar 15»
4
FDA Grants Clearance For Vibralung Acoustical Percussor
vibralung Westmed, Inc., a producer of respiratory medical devices, recently announced a 510 (k) clearance grant from the U.S. Food and Drug ... «Lung Disease News, Aug 14»
5
FDA Clears Westmed's Vibralung Acoustical Percussor For CF …
Vibralung Acoustical Percussor The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted market clearance to Westmed's Vibralung Acoustical ... «Cystic Fibrosis News Today, Aug 14»
6
Virginia Man Struggling to Breathe Gets Lungs 'Washed'
He was fitted with a chest percussor, a vest that shook his chest, while doctors intubated him, allowing one lung to breathe for two, and literally ... «ABC News, Jan 14»
7
For a city family, coping with genetic disorder is hard work
"This is a percussor," Hill says holding up a small round rubber object. "When he's congested or needs some help, all I do is firmly pat him on ... «Brantford Expositor, Jun 13»
8
Rush - American Airlines Center - 11/28/12
... Them Well" "The Garden" "Dreamline" "The Percussor" (drum solo) "Red Sector A" "YYZ" "The Spirit of Radio" "Tom Sawyer" "2112" Parts I, II, ... «Dallas Observer, Nov 12»
9
Manhattan College Sports Medicine Department
... one ice machine, one weighted pulley station, one rebounder, one variable percussor, one cold channel laser, and various sized medicine balls. John "Doc" ... «Manhattan College Athletics, Oct 12»
10
Rush Triumphs Like 'Clockwork' In Ohio – Concert Review
... Armstrong at the end), the one-two punch of the alien-funk 'Red Sector A' and the one-man rave/drum solo 'The Percussor,' and, of course, ... «Ultimate Classic Rock, Oct 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Percussor [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/percussor>. Apr 2024 ».
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