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Repetition: Within a form, repetition fixes the musical material in our mind and satisfies our need for the familiar: it provides unity to a form.

Forced Repetitions: Assistance to perform additional repetitions of an exercise when muscles can no longer complete movement on their own.

Pulse Repetition Rate (PRR): The number of pulses transmitted per second.

Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF): The number of radar pulses transmitted each second. The pulse transmission rate is automatically lengthened for longer ranges.

Repetition Compulsion: In psychoanalytic theory, the impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences. Considered by Freud to be more fundamental than the pleasure principle. Defined by Jones in the following way: . . . View Full Definition

Repetition (Rep): One complete motion of an exercise, often used in reference to strength training.

Ternary Form: Three-part (A-B-A) form based on a statement (A), contrast or departure (B), and repetition (A). Also three-part form.

Sequence: A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.

Through-Composed: Song structure that is composed from beginning to end, without repetitions of large sections.

Anaphora : Successive phrases, clauses, or lines start with the same word or words. Emily brontë's 'remembrance,' for example, repeats its opening phrase, 'cold in the earth.'