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Webster 1913 Edition
Repetition
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
. Shakespeare
2.
Recital from memory; rehearsal.
3.
(Mus.)
The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note.
4.
(Rhet.)
Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
5.
(Astron. & Surv.)
The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Syn. – Iteration; rehearsal. See
Tautology
. Webster 1828 Edition
Repetition
REPETI'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of doing or uttering a second time; iteration of the same act, or of the same words or sounds.2.
The act of reciting or rehearsing; the act of reading over.3.
Recital.4.
Recital from memory, as distinct from reading.5.
In music, the art of repeating, singing or playing the same part a second time.6.
In rhetoric, reiteration, or a repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.Definition 2024
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