See Also: Repetition(medicine)
repetition(dictionary)
repetition(dictionary)
Repetition time(medicine)
REPETITION, Scotch law(law)
Repetition compulsion(health)
repetition-compulsion(medicine)
repetition-2freplication(medicine)
repetition rate(medicine)
repetition-compulsion principle(medicine)

repetition (iou)



repetition noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French repetition, or Latin repetitio(n-), from repetit- pa. ppl stem of repetere REPEAT verb.]
I.
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written, esp. in order to retain it in the memory, or as a literary device; an instance of this. LME.
George Eliot Of the new details..he could only retain a few..by continual repetition. V. Brittain I began to cry 'Edward! Oh, Edward!' in dazed repetition.
The recitation, esp. in school, of something learned by heart; a piece to be learned and recited. L16.
Mention, narration. Now rare. L16.
Shakespeare Coriolanus A name Whose repetition will be dogg'd with Curses.
The action of doing something again; repeated performance or application. L16.
Dickens These glances seemed to increase her confidence at every repetition.
b. Music. The repeating of a passage or note. Cf. REPEAT noun 1a, 1b. L16.
c. Music. The ability of an instrument to repeat a note quickly. L19.
d. Sport. A training exercise which is repeated; spec. (a) in athletics, any of the set distances run in repetition training; (b) in weight-training, any of a series of repeated raisings and lowerings of the weight. M20.
A copy, a replica. M19.
II.
(An instance of) claiming restitution or repayment; restitution, repayment. Chiefly Scot. LME.
Comb.: repetition compulsion Psychoanal. a powerful instinct to repeat a response regardless of the result; repetition training Athletics: in which a runner alternately runs and rests over set distances (cf. interval training s.v. INTERVAL noun); repetition work the occupation of making the same article over and over again.
repetitional adjective = repetitionary E18.
repetitionary adjective characterized by or of the nature of repetition E18.