Category:Repetition

Rep`e*ti"tion (rp`-tsh"n), n. Etym: [l. repetitio: cf. F. répétition. See repeat.]

1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to Tire in repetition. Shak.

2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.

3. (mus.)

Defn: the act of repeating, singing,

4. (rhet.)

Defn: reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in Different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the Audience.

5. (astron. & surv.)

Defn: the measurement of an angle by successive observations with a Repeating instrument.

Syn. -- iteration; rehearsal. See tautology.