Re-vĕr'/ber-ā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. réverbération, Pr. reverberacio, Sp. reverberacion, It. reverberazione, riverberazione.] The act of reverberating or sending back; especially, the act of reflecting light and heat, or re-echoing sound; as, the reverberation of the rays of light from an object; the reverberation of sound in echoes; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.