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Percussive   Listen
adjective
Percussive  adj.  Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Percussive" Quotes from Famous Books



... projectile to this gun, but so far the measure of success achieved has not proved very promising. There are immense difficulties connected with the design of an explosive shell of this class, charged with a high explosive, especially in connection with the timing. So far as dependence upon percussive detonation is concerned there is practically no difficulty. Should such a missile strike, say, the motor of an aeroplane, or even the hull of the craft itself, the latter would be practically destroyed. But all things considered, it is concluded that more successful results are likely to be ...
— Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War • Frederick A. Talbot

... occasion on which a squeeze or compressive action was substituted for the percussive action of the hammer, in closing red-hot rivets, for combining together pieces of stout sheet or plate iron. This system of riveting was long afterwards patented by Smith of Deanston in combination with William Fairbairn of Manchester; and it was employed in riveting the plates used in the construction ...
— James Nasmyth's Autobiography • James Nasmyth



Words linked to "Percussive" :   percussion



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