reverberatory
characterized or produced by reverberation.
noting a furnace, kiln, or the like in which the fuel is not in direct contact with the ore, metal, etc., to be heated, but furnishes a flame that plays over the material, especially by being deflected downward from the roof.
deflected, as flame.
any device, as a furnace, embodying reverberation.
Origin of reverberatory
1Other words from reverberatory
- sem·i·re·ver·ber·a·to·ry, adjective
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How to use reverberatory in a sentence
The operation is carried on in a reverberatory furnace or in a kettle.
The refining of this black copper is performed in a kind of reverberatory furnace.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Urereverberatory furnaces have been long adopted for this operation; and among these, the elliptical are the best.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe alloy of 60 of copper with 40 of tin was next calcined in the same reverberatory furnace, but with stirring of the mass.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreVery frequently, indeed, the reverberatory furnaces are armed with cast-iron plates over their whole surface.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for reverberatory
/ (rɪˈvɜːbərətərɪ, -trɪ) /
characterized by, utilizing, or produced by reverberation
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