SUCCUSSIVE
\səkˈʌsɪv], \səkˈʌsɪv], \s_ə_k_ˈʌ_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of SUCCUSSIVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes.
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suk-kus'iv, adj. characterised by a shaking motion, as that of an earthquake.--v.t. SUCCUSS', to shake suddenly.--ns. SUCCUSS[=A]'TION, a shaking; SUCCUS'SION, a shaking, a shock: a shaking of the thorax to detect pleural effusion. [L. succut[)e]re, succussum, to shake below--sub, under, quat[)e]re, to shake.]
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