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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: reverberant - reversi</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="reverberant"> reverberant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> reverberating. Ex. So reverberant [was] the air, they could hear the man's footsteps on the stony hillside (Caine Hall). </DL> <A NAME="reverberate"> reverberate, verb, -ated, -ating, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to echo back. Ex. His deep, rumbling voice reverberates from the high ceiling. <DD> 2. to be cast back; be reflected a number of times, as light or heat. <DD> 3. to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace. <DD>v.t. 1. to reecho (a sound or noise). <DD> 2. to cast back; reflect (light or heat). <DD> 3. to deflect (flame or heat) on something, as in a reverberatory furnace. <DD>adj. that reverberates; reverberant. </DL> <A NAME="reverberation"> reverberation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or fact of echoing back sound; echo. Ex. Reverberations of the split were felt all over the country (New Yorker). <DD> 2. the reflection of light or heat. <DD> 3. the fact of being reflected. <DD> 4. that which is reverberated; reechoed sound. Ex. Shoutings and pistol-shots sent their hollow reverberations to the ear (Mark Twain). </DL> <A NAME="reverberationtime"> reverberation time,<DL COMPACT><DD> the time it takes for a sound made in a room, once its source is stopped, to decrease to one millionth of its initial value. Ex. The changes will bring the hall's reverberation time, the acoustician's measure of echo, from 1.6 seconds to 2.1 seconds (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="reverberative"> reverberative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> reverberating. </DL> <A NAME="reverberator"> reverberator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that reverberates. <DD> 2. a reflecting lamp. </DL> <A NAME="reverberatory"> reverberatory, adjective, noun, pl. -ries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. characterized by or produced by reverberations; deflected. <DD> 2. built with a vaulted roof so that heat and flame are deflected onto the ore or metal but the fuel remains in a separate compartment. Ex. a reverberatory furnace or kiln. <DD>noun a reverberatory furnace or kiln. </DL> <A NAME="revere"> revere (1), transitive verb, -vered, -vering.<DL COMPACT><DD> to love and respect deeply; honor greatly; show reverence for. Ex. We revere sacred things. People revered the great saint. </DL> <A NAME="revere"> revere (2), noun. =revers.</DL> <A NAME="revereable"> revereable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> worthy of being revered. </DL> <A NAME="reverence"> reverence, noun, verb, -enced, -encing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a feeling of deep respect, mixed with wonder, fear, and love. Ex. He had ... a sincere reverence for the laws of his country (Macaulay). (SYN) veneration, adoration. <DD> 2. a deep bow. Ex. He made a profound reverence to the ladies (Fanny Burney). <DD> 3. the condition of being greatly respected or venerated. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) deference. <DD>v.t. to regard with reverence; revere. Ex. We reverence men of noble lives. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary (Leviticus 19:30). </DL> <A NAME="reverence"> Reverence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a title used in speaking of or to a clergyman. Ex. Your Reverence, His Reverence. </DL> <A NAME="reverencer"> reverencer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who feels or shows reverence. </DL> <A NAME="reverend"> reverend, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. worthy of great respect. <DD> 2. having to do with or characteristic of clergymen. <DD>noun (Informal.) a clergyman. </DL> <A NAME="reverend"> Reverend, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a title for clergymen. </DL> <A NAME="reverent"> reverent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> feeling reverence; showing reverence. Ex. He gave reverent attention to the sermon. adv. reverently. </DL> <A NAME="reverential"> reverential, adjective. =reverent.adv. reverentially. </DL> <A NAME="reverie"> reverie, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. dreamy thoughts; dreamy thinking of pleasant things. Ex. She was so lost in reverie that she did not hear the doorbell ring. He loved to indulge in reveries about the future. <DD> 2. the condition of being lost in dreamy thoughts. <DD> 3. a fantastic idea; ridiculous fancy. <DD> 4. (Music.) a composition suggesting a dreamy or musing mood. Also, revery. </DL> <A NAME="revers"> revers, noun, pl. -vers.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a part of a garment, such as a lapel, turned back to show the lining, facing, or underside. <DD> 2. an imitation of such a part. <DD> 3. the material covering either of these. Also, revere. </DL> <A NAME="reversal"> reversal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a change to the opposite; reversing or being reversed. Ex. a reversal of attitude, a reversal in the weather. The high court's opinion was a reversal of the lower court's decision. <DD> 2. (Photography.) a method of converting negatives into positives and positives into negatives by bleaching and redeveloping. </DL> <A NAME="reverse"> reverse, noun, adjective, verb, -versed, -versing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the opposite or contrary. Ex. She did the reverse of what I ordered. <DD> 2. the back. Ex. His name is on the reverse of the medal. <DD> 3. an opposite or contrary motion or direction. Ex. a reverse in dancing, a locomotive moving in reverse. <DD> 4a. the gear or gears that reverse the movement of machinery. <DD> b. the arrangement of such a gear or gears. Ex. Drive the automobile in reverse until you get out of the garage. <DD> c. the position of the control that moves such a gear or gears. <DD> 5. a change to bad fortune; check or defeat. Ex. He used to be rich, but he met with reverses in his business. Caesar was never more calm than under a reverse (James A. Froude). (SYN) setback, failure. <DD>adj. 1. turned backward; opposite or contrary in position or direction. Ex. Play the reverse side of that phonograph record. <DD> 2. acting in a manner opposite or contrary to that which is usual. Ex. reverse racism. <DD> 3. causing an opposite or backward movement. Ex. the reverse gear of an automobile. <DD> 4. (Printing.) with black and white reversed. Ex. reverse etching, reverse plates. <DD> 5. (Military.) connected with or facing towards the rear. Ex. a reverse battery, reverse fire. <DD>v.t. 1. to turn the other way; turn inside out or upside down. Ex. Reverse that hose; don't point it at me. Reverse your sweater or you will put it on wrong side out. If you reverse those two pieces, the puzzle will fit together. <DD> 2. to work or revolve in the opposite direction. <DD> 3. to change to the opposite; repeal. Ex. The court reversed its decree of imprisonment, and the man went free. <DD> 4. to use or do in a way opposite to the usual method. Ex. to reverse the usual order of conducting business. <DD>v.i. 1. to put or work an engine or mechanism in the opposite direction. Ex. Alternating current reverses from negative to positive about 60 times a second. <DD> 2. to turn in a direction opposite to the usual one while dancing. noun reverser. </DL> <A NAME="reverseannuitymortgage"> reverse annuity mortgage or reverse mortgage,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. and Canada.) the transfer of a homeowner's mortgage to a bank, lending company, or the like, in return for a regular annuity. Ex. The reverse annuity mortgage is designed to help the elderly who have a great deal of equity in their homes (Edgar J. McDougall, Jr.). <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) RAM </DL> </DL> <A NAME="reversediscrimination"> reverse discrimination,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) discrimination against individuals who are members of a dominant group by giving preferential treatment in education, employment, etc., to members of a minority. </DL> <A NAME="reverse"> reverse or reversed fault,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) a fault in which one side has moved above and over the other side, as in a thrust fault. </DL> <A NAME="reversely"> reversely, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in a reverse position, direction, or order. Ex. Stated reversely, the law of rent is necessarily the law of wages and interest taken together (Henry George). <DD> 2. on the other hand; on the contrary. </DL> <A NAME="reversement"> reversement, noun. =reversal.</DL> <A NAME="reverseosmosis"> reverse osmosis,<DL COMPACT><DD> a process for desalting or purifying water, using a semipermeable membrane of cellulose acetate through which the water is forced by high pressure. Ex. Reverse osmosis--the pressuring of solvent through a semipermeable membrane against the usual osmotic flow--has been considered for ... reclaiming water from industrial effluents (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="reverseshell"> reverse shell,<DL COMPACT><DD> a spiral shell, as of a gastropod, in which the whorl rises from right to left, in the reverse of the usual direction; sinistral shell. </DL> <A NAME="reversetranscriptase"> reverse transcriptase, =Temin enzyme.</DL> <A NAME="reversevendingmachine"> reverse vending machine,<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine that dispenses money or credit coupons in exchange for items, such as empty bottles or other used containers, deposited in it. </DL> <A NAME="reversi"> reversi, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a game for two played on a board, using counters that are differently colored on the opposite sides. The object is to surround the opponent's counters, giving one the right to reverse them to one's own color and thus capture them. </DL> <A HREF="reversib.dic">NEXT</A>