Percussion+cap

  • 61Legal cap — Cap Cap (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum. See 3d {Cape}, and cf. 1st… …

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  • 62To set one's cap — Cap Cap (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum. See 3d {Cape}, and cf. 1st… …

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  • 63To set one's cap for — Cap Cap (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum. See 3d {Cape}, and cf. 1st… …

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  • 64percussion — /pəˈkʌʃən / (say puh kushuhn) noun 1. the striking of one body against another with some violence; impact. 2. Medicine the striking or tapping of a part of the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. 3. the striking of musical instruments to …

  • 65threshold 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… …

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  • 66Live at Cap D'Agde — Infobox Album Name = Live at Cap D Agde Type = live Artist = King Crimson Released = April 1999 Recorded = August 26 27, 1982 Genre = Progressive rock Length = Label = Discipline Global Mobile Producer = Robert Fripp Reviews = * Allmusic… …

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  • 67blasting cap — ▪ explosive device also called  Detonator,         device that initiates the detonation of a charge of a high explosive by subjecting it to percussion by a shock wave. In strict usage, the term detonator refers to an easily ignited low explosive… …

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  • 68capful — cap ► NOUN 1) a soft, flat hat without a brim and usually with a peak. 2) a soft, close fitting head covering worn for a particular purpose. 3) a protective lid or cover for a bottle, pen, etc. 4) Dentistry an artificial protective covering for a …

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  • 69capper — cap ► NOUN 1) a soft, flat hat without a brim and usually with a peak. 2) a soft, close fitting head covering worn for a particular purpose. 3) a protective lid or cover for a bottle, pen, etc. 4) Dentistry an artificial protective covering for a …

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  • 70percussioncap — percussion cap n. A thin metal cap containing an explosive substance, such as fulminate of mercury, that explodes on being struck. * * * …

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