verberation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin verberatio: compare French verbération.
Noun
[edit]verberation (plural verberations)
- The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies:
- the Effects of a soft Press or Verberation, Heat and Drousiness
- The impulse of a body which causes sound.
References
[edit]- “verberation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.