reverberatorn.
/rᵻˈvəːbəreɪtə/, U.S. /rəˈvərbəˌreɪdər/, /riˈvərbəˌreɪdər/ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [noun] > specific types
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1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 92 Distil them in a Retort with a large neck, increasing the fire of the Reverberator [L. reverberii] by degrees.
1778 W. Burgh Inq. Belief Christians ii. 155 So very hot a furnace, which Mr. Jebb has since been pleased to provide with a reverberator.
2. A person who or thing which re-echoes or causes to resonate in the mind words, ideas, thoughts, etc. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > reverberation or echo > person
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1755 Familiar Lett. Most Interesting Subj. iv. 32 Humility acts as a reverberator, and cries; look into thyself, frail mortal!
1803 Ann. Reg. 254 The demands..were echoed back, through innumerable reverberators of the same nature.
1914 H. G. Wells Englishman looks at World 305 President Roosevelt, that magnificent reverberator of ideas, that gleam of wilful humanity.
2005 M. Caldwell N.Y. Night x. 303 Since the 1700s they'd been interpreting the city night, sensationalizing it, making of it a reverberator of the desires and fears of readers.
3. A reflector for increasing the brightness of a light source in a particular direction; (also) a reflecting lamp. Cf. reverberatory n. 3, reverberatory adj. 3. Now historical.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > that is fitted with a reflector
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1775 T. Blaikie Diary Sc. Gardener 18 Apr. (1931) 25 Those lamps is placed at a great distance from another and by reason of there reverberetoirs lights the street tolerable well.
1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 1732/1 If the luminous object be placed nearer than the focus, its rays will diverge, and consequently enlighten a larger space. It is on this principle, that reverberators are constructed.
1790 G. Saunders Treat. Theatres vi. 47 Reverberators at the end of boxes to light the proscenium, instead of a line of lamps at the front of the stage.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 2 677 Apprentices rushed up the streets..smashing the lamps and reverberators, and left Paris in total darkness.
1873 tr. J. Verne Measuring Meridian xix. 187 As soon as the reverberator on Mount Volquiria should be perceived, Colonel Everest should light a signal on Mount Scorzef.
1995 M. Banham Cambr. Guide Theatre (new ed.) 1026/1 In 1790 George Saunders wrote A Treatise on Theatres. He recommended placing ‘reverberators’ on the front of the near-stage boxes.
4. Electronics. A device for adding a simulated reverberation effect to an audio signal.
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1941 Proc. IRE 29 432 (caption) Simplified circuit diagram of reverberator.
1968 Pop. Mech. Aug. 37E Car-radio reverberator gives sound a three-dimensional quality by electronically delaying signal to rear speaker.
2006 Mix (Nexis) 1 Oct. 100 On display are the Eclipse, the DSP4000B+ post processor and Reverb 2016 dedicated reverberator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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