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succussive

succussive adjective: characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up-and-down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation.

Adjective

succussive (comparative more succussive, superlative most succussive)

  1. Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up-and-down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation.
    • the succussive motion in earthquakes
    • succussive strokes

Forms of succussive

comparativemore succussive
superlativemost succussive

Questions about succussive

What does succussive mean?
Succussive means characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up-and-down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation.
What part of speech is succussive?
Succussive is an adjective.

Words near succussive in the dictionary

  1. succussed
  2. succusses
  3. succussing
  4. succussion
  5. succussions
  6. succussive
  7. succès d'estime
  8. succès de scandale
  9. succès fou
  10. succès fous
  11. Suceava

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