superreflection

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ reflection

Noun[edit]

superreflection (plural superreflections)

  1. The reflection of a reflected image or sound.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], 3rd edition, London: [] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for superreflection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)