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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ri-vur-buh-rey-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˌvɜr bəˈreɪ ʃən |
Définition of reverberation
Origin :- late 14c., "reflection of light or heat," from Old French reverberacion "great flash of light; intense quality," from Medieval Latin reverberationem (nominative reverberatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reverberare "beat back, strike back, repel, cause to rebound," from re- "back" (see re-) + verberare "to strike, to beat," from verber "whip, lash, rod," related to verbena "leaves and branches of laurel," from PIE *werb- "to turn, bend" (see warp (v.)). Sense of "an echo" is attested from 1620s.
- noun vibration
- They were like the reverberation of some far-off tutored circle.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- I tell you what it is, Pugh, what I hear is the reverberation of some machinery.
- Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
- This reference to the "mewel" was only a reverberation of the town talk as Lin had predicted.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- Meanwhile there was no reverberation from Seymour Street—only a sultry silence.
- Extract from : « The Marriages » by Henry James
- The reverberation of his footsteps vibrated through his brain.
- Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
- The reverberation of the shouting was as the plunge of a cataract.
- Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
- There was a sort of reverberation, too, as if the tree were hollow.
- Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
- My love is the reverberation of the primeval voice, the echo of God's.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- Then he kicked it lightly with his big boot, seeming to listen to its reverberation.
- Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister
- There was something very sad and solitary in the reverberation of my footsteps.
- Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne
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