Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

superreflection en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From super- + reflection.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The reflection of a reflected image, sound, magnetosonic wave, etc.
    • There be three kinds of reflections of sounds; a reflection concurrent, a reflection iterant, which we call echo; and a super-reflection, or an echo of an echo 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
superreflections Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

multireflection