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別の表記

• reverbation (rare)

語源

From Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberatio. Morphologically reverberate +‎ -ion.

発音

• IPA: /ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/

名詞

reverberation (countable and uncountable, plural reverberations)

1. A violent oscillation or vibration.

   The discomfort caused by the bat's reverberation surprised Tommy.

2. An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.

   The reverberation that followed Marilyn's shout filled the cavern.

3. The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror.

   Like the several reverberations of the same image from two opposite looking glasses.

4. (chiefly in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.

   Reverberations from the Vietnam war affect our society to this day.

派生語

• reverberation time

参照

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “reverberation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.