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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.
EXPANDPhysics. the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflection of the sound within a closed space.
6.
COLLAPSEthe act or process of subjecting something to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English reverberacioun < Medieval Latin reverberātiōn- (stem of reverberātiō). See reverberate, -ion
1350–1400; Middle English reverberacioun < Medieval Latin reverberātiōn- (stem of reverberātiō). See reverberate, -ion
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Reverberation
is always a great word to know.
So is acceleration of gravity. Does it mean:
| a device that produces a nearly parallel, monochromatic, coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate |
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reverberation
late 14c., "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
EXPAND *werb- "to turn, bend" (see warp). Sense of "echo" is attested from 1626. Shortened form reverb (n.) is attested from 1961.
COLLAPSE
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