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reverberation

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re⋅ver⋅ber⋅a⋅tion

  [ri-vur-buh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. a reechoed sound.
2. the fact of being reverberated or reflected.
3. something that is reverberated: Reverberations from the explosion were felt within a six-mile radius.
4. an act or instance of reverberating.
5. Physics. the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflection of the sound within a closed space.
6. the act or process of subjecting something to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME reverberacioun < ML reverberātiōn- (s. of reverberātiō). See reverberate, -ion
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re·ver·ber·a·tion   (rĭ-vûr'bə-rā'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act of reverberating.

    2. The condition of being reverberated.

    3. Something reverberated.

    4. An echolike force or effect; a repercussion: Reverberations from the stock market crash were still being felt months later.

    1. Something reverberated.

    2. An echolike force or effect; a repercussion: Reverberations from the stock market crash were still being felt months later.

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Word Origin & History

reverberation 
c.1386, "reflection of light or heat," from O.Fr. reverberation, from M.L. reverberationem (nom. reverberatio), from L. reverberatus, pp. of reverberare "beat back," from re- "back" + verberare "to beat," from verber "whip, lash, rod," related to verbena "leaves and branches of laurel," from PIE *werb- "to turn, bend" (see warp). Sense of "echo" is attested from 1626. Shortened form reverb (n.) is attested from 1961.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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