'Repetition' definitions:
Definition of 'repetition'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Repetition'
From: GCIDE
- Repetition \Rep`e*ti"tion\ (r[e^]p`[-e]-t[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. r['e]p['e]tition. See Repeat.]
- 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. [1913 Webster]
- I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Recital from memory; rehearsal. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Iteration; rehearsal. See Tautology. [1913 Webster] Repetitional
Synonyms of 'repetition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ceaselessness,
- chattering,
- clockwork regularity,
- clone,
- conduplication,
- constancy,
- constant flow,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- copy,
- copying,
- counterfeiting,
- counterpart,
- ditto,
- double,
- doubling,
- dupe,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- echo,
- echoing,
- emulation,
- endurance,
- evenness,
- extension,
- facsimile,
- fakery,
- following,
- forgery,
- gemination,
- hit-off,
- imitation,
- impersonation,
- imposture,
- impression,
- incessancy,
- ingemination,
- iteration,
- lengthening,
- maintenance,
- methodicalness,
- mimesis,
- mirroring,
- model,
- noninterruption,
- onomatopoeia,
- oscillation,
- palingenesis,
- parody,
- perpetuation,
- perpetuity,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- plagiarism,
- plagiary,
- progress,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- protraction,
- pulsation,
- punctuality,
- pursuance,
- quadruplicate,
- quick fire,
- rapid fire,
- rapid recurrence,
- rapid succession,
- rapidity,
- re-creation,
- re-formation,
- rebirth,
- rebuilding,
- recapitulation,
- recital,
- reconstitution,
- reconstruction,
- redesign,
- redoing,
- redundancies,
- redundancy,
- reduplication,
- reedition,
- reestablishment,
- refashioning,
- regeneration,
- regenesis,
- regularity,
- rehearsal,
- reinstitution,
- reissue,
- reiteration,
- remaking,
- renascence,
- renovation,
- reorganization,
- repeat,
- repeating,
- replica,
- replication,
- representation,
- reprinting,
- reprise,
- reproduction,
- rerun,
- reshaping,
- restatement,
- restoration,
- restructuring,
- resurrection,
- retelling,
- revision,
- revival,
- run,
- simulation,
- smoothness,
- staccato,
- staying power,
- steadiness,
- straight course,
- stuttering,
- sustained action,
- sustainment,
- sustenance,
- systematicalness,
- takeoff,
- tattoo,
- tautologies,
- tautology,
- triplicate,
- twinning,
- uniformity,
- unintermission,
- uninterrupted course,
- uninterruption,
- unremittingness,
- vibration,
- way