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.
Words nearby reverberation
revenue tariff, revenuer, reverb, reverberant, reverberate, reverberation, reverberation time, reverberator, reverberatory, reverberatory furnace, revere
Origin of reverberation
1350–1400; Middle English reverberacioun < Medieval Latin reverberātiōn- (stem of reverberātiō). See reverberate, -ion
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