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Webster 1913 Edition
Reverberation
Re-verˊber-a′tion
,Noun.
[CF. F.
réverbération
.] The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound;
as, the
reverberation
of rays from a mirror; the reverberation
of rays from a mirror; the reverberation
of voices; the reverberation
of heat or flame in a furnace.Webster 1828 Edition
Reverberation
REVERBERA'TION
, n.The act of driving or sending back; particularly, the act of reflecting light and heat or repelling sound. Thus we speak of the reverberation of the rays of light from an object, the reverberation of sound in echoes, or the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.