verberation

verberation

English

Etymology

Latin verberatio: compare French verbération.

Noun

verberation (plural verberations)

1. 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

2. The impulse of a body which causes sound.

References

• verberation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• reverbation