What does "repetition" mean?

Repetition: Recital from memory; rehearsal.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, 4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
  2. 3.(Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument. See Tautology.

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