REPETITION


Meaning of REPETITION in English

/rep'i tish"euhn/ , n.

1. the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.

2. repeated utterance; reiteration.

3. something made by or resulting from repeating.

4. a reproduction, copy, or replica.

5. Civil Law. an action or demand for the recovery of a payment or delivery made by error or upon failure to fulfill a condition.

[ 1375-1425; late ME ( repeticion ) repetition- (s. of repetitio ), equiv. to repetit ( us ) (ptp. of repetere to REPEAT) + -ion- -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .