succussive
English
editAdjective
editsuccussive (comparative more succussive, superlative most succussive)
- Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up-and-down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation.
- the succussive motion in earthquakes
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “succussive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)