(n.) The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.
Example Sentences:
(1) The reverberation times were 2.1 and 1.6 s. In quiet conditions at normal speech level (60 dBA), the perception was better without earmuffs than with them.
(2) In addition, several cells showed unusual firing patterns, such as delayed responses and reverberating afterdischarges.
(3) The proposed physical process by which the metaorganization principle is implemented is based on oscillatory reverberation.
(4) The fact, that following the cooling or ablation of the auditory cortex the rhythmic afterdischarge to sound clicks as well as spontaneous spindle bursts keep arising in the medial geniculate body without changing their patterns, militates also against the possibility of thalamocortical reverberation.
(5) In situations with reverberation and less background noise the difference is less marked.
(6) For the reverberant condition, the sentences were played through a room with a reverberation time of 1.2 s. The CVC syllables were removed from the sentences and presented in pairs to ten subjects with audiometrically normal hearing, who judged the similarity of the syllable pairs separately for the nonreverberant and reverberant conditions.
(7) The fossil fuel resistance, like the fossil fuel industry, is protean and sprawling – and each win reverberates for decades to come, because that’s how long pipelines and coal mines are built to last.
(8) There are reverberating circuits between the fundus caudati and the medial groups of the nigra characterized by their small cells, between the putamen and the postero-lateral cell groups of the nigra, between the caudatum and the rostral cell groups of the nigra, presumably with the specialization that the lateral caudatum is in two-way connection with the rostro-lateral cell groups of the nigra as is the medial caudatum with the rostro-medial cell group.
(9) Speech recognition was assessed under three levels of room reverberation, each in quiet and noise, for subjects with varying amounts of sensorineural hearing impairment.
(10) Fears the closing of Toyota and Holden plans could trigger recessions in Victoria and South Australia have reverberated through the states as the two car manufacturers announced they will be pulling out in 2017.
(11) A constant shadow with closely spaced high level reverberation echoes is strongly suggestive of a metallic foreign body.
(12) Analyzing these characteristics as well as the positional relationships of reverberation artifacts in the porta hepatis and gallbladder fossa should enable one to suspect the post-cholecystectomy state and differentiate from an abnormal gas collection.
(13) It is proposed that rehabilitative audiological assessments include evaluation of an individual's ability to cope with reverberation and noise.
(14) The stimuli were degraded by reverberation or speech-spectrum noise.
(15) It also changed life in Manus entirely, reverberating through culture, imagination, infrastructure and economy.
(16) These simulated a quiet living room, a classroom, and social events in two settings with different reverberation characteristics.
(17) Our letter, organised by the Jewish Council for Racial Equality , also refers to a disturbing historical echo still reverberating today.
(18) Now that America and China are so intertwined as to be essentially one country – a fact you can’t forget here in San Francisco, where everyone is coding apps for phones made in Shenzhen – Ai’s mashup of the two nations’ oppressed minorities reverberates as a call for reckoning beyond national borders.
(19) It was one of those panicky quick decisions that has long-term reverberations that aren’t necessarily what you want.” Darling and Alexander were adamant that, for all their fears, they made the right decision on the currency.
(20) On the whole, talkers maintained their relative intelligibility across the four environments, although there was one exception which suggested that some voices may be particularly susceptible to degradation due to reverberation.
Vibrancy
Definition:
(n.) The state of being vibrant; resonance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Makinson dismissed concerns that creating a global book powerhouse – Penguin Random House will have combined revenues of £2.4bn – will threaten the independent publishers and vibrancy in the book market.
(2) I know the vibrancy of the small businesses that pepper the main roads, and the stories of the people who run them.
(3) On the other hand, those of us who don't frequent galleries are unlikely to be persuaded by arguments about the vigour of the brush strokes and the vibrancy of the colour into believing that £50m is a good way to spend money while we're still in shock from the latest gas bill.
(4) Zydeco's history, ongoing vibrancy and internal debates (chiefly focused around its omnivorous appetite for outside influences) are another story - but the roots of Prudhomme's music say much about the cultural collision from which it sprang.
(5) Immigrants to New York have contributed to the city's vibrancy decade after decade.
(6) "It has been waiting for this fillip to its vibrance for some years now."
(7) But we risk putting our hard-earned reputation and economic vibrancy at risk if we undermine the infrastructure that supports a thriving arts and creative industries sector, with creative education currently the biggest hole in central government policy,” he said.
(8) Our very strong revenue growth in Q4 reflects the vibrancy of our business, driven by mobile search as well as YouTube and programmatic advertising, all areas in which we’ve been investing for many years.
(9) Defeats by Norwich City and Wigan Athletic in the previous two outings had intensified doubts among some of the faithful about the manager's ability to fulfil the club's ambitions but the vibrance of this display ensured there was no hint of the boos that had been emitted on several occasions this season, even when a defensive blunder allowed Maribor to equalise just before half-time.
(10) The vibrancy and exuberance expected at the 50th anniversary celebrations was sorely missing.
(11) At 47, he has a young face – his grey hair and beard in contrast to his vibrancy.
(12) England still had a packed defence to get through – at one point Ashley Williams and James Chester could both be seen throwing themselves at the same shot – but the new additions brought a vibrancy that had not been there.
(13) Our economic recovery has been driven in a huge part by the skills and vibrancy of our private sector, within which we have world leading service industries like accountancy, consultancy and project management.
(14) His own liberal spirit and sense of justice found a match in the vibrancy of living in America.
(15) The volume barely dropped from that point and it quickly became apparent that a crowd of great vibrancy and colour – one-tenth rhubarb, nine-tenths custard – would have an occasion to match the noise.
(16) Some of the force were in evidence last week, patrolling in unmarked cars, the seriousness of their demeanour contrasting with the vibrancy of the community and the constant musical beats coming out of storefronts.
(17) Although Brazil might not yet be winning as many marks for aesthetic impression as the world has come to expect, it has been refreshing to see Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Mexico and Argentina take the field with the attacking vibrancy and fluency that comes with a three-pronged attack.
(18) The Real crowd applaud their own team's effort and, perhaps, the vibrancy of the victors.
(19) It attracts tourists from across the world and undoubtedly adds to the vibrancy of the area – it helps to make London the great city it is."
(20) Caroline Lucas urges Labour to back 'progressive pacts' with other parties Read more But whoever takes over the reins of the Labour party needs to recognise that, if Labour is to increase its relevance and appeal, it needs to become a movement that embraces the energy and vibrancy of all those who support a progressive, multi-party politics, both inside political parties and in our communities.