reverberation
[ ri-vur-buh-rey-shuh n ]
/ rɪˌvɜr bəˈreɪ ʃən /
noun
a reechoed sound.
the fact of being reverberated or reflected.
something that is reverberated: Reverberations from the explosion were felt within a six-mile radius.
an act or instance of reverberating.
Physics.
the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflection of the sound within a closed space.
the act or process of subjecting something to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
Origin of reverberation
1350–1400; Middle English
reverberacioun < Medieval Latin
reverberātiōn- (stem of
reverberātiō). See
reverberate,
-ion
Words nearby reverberation
revenue tariff,
revenuer,
reverb,
reverberant,
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reverberation,
reverberation time,
reverberator,
reverberatory,
reverberatory furnace,
revere