angle of percussion
1percussion instrument — a musical instrument, as the drum, cymbal, triangle, xylophone, or piano, that is struck to produce a sound, as distinguished from string or wind instruments. [1870 75] * * * A musical instrument that is struck (or sometimes shaken or scraped) to …
2angle — The meeting point of two lines or planes; the figure formed by the junction of two lines or planes; the space bounded on two sides by lines or planes that meet. For angles not listed below, see the descriptive term; e.g., axioincisal, distobuccal …
3threshold percussion — percussion by tapping lightly with the finger upon a glass rod pleximeter, one end of which, fitted with a rubber cap, rests on an intercostal space; the rod is held at an angle to the body surface, parallel to the borders of the organ to be… …
4Plesch percussion — percussion within the intercostal spaces to avoid setting the ribs into vibration, the pleximeter finger with the proximal interphalangeal joint flexed at a right angle …
5Center of percussion — The center of percussion is the point on an object where a perpendicular impact will produce translational and rotational forces which perfectly cancel each other out at some given pivot point, so that the pivot will not be moving momentarily… …
6bulb of percussion — archeol : a cone shaped bulge on a fractured surface of flint that is made by a blow applied at an angle * * * bulb of percussion A raised cone on a worked flint, marking where a blow was struck • • • Main Entry: ↑bulb bulb of percussion see… …
7Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… …
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9Marching band — For the Swedish band, see Marching Band (band). Goin Band from Raiderland, a college marching band in the United States Video of the Tennessee Volunteers Pride of …
10Astrobleme de Rochechouart-Chassenon — Astroblème de Rochechouart Chassenon Astroblème de Rochechouart Chassenon Image de synthèse du cratère quelques années après l’impact. Localisation Astre …
