reverberation
reverberation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- action
- and
- back
- boomerang
- bounce
- bound
- coefficient
- collision
- contrecoup
- direction
- echo
- elastic
- elasticity
- equal
- every
- fly
- for
- force
- kick
- opposite
- react
- reaction
- reactionary
- reactionist
- rebound
- rebuff
- recalcitrant
- recalcitrate
- recalcitration
- recoil
- reflection
- reflex
- reflexion
- refluent
- reflux
- repercuss
- repercussion
- repercussive
- repulse
- resonance
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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