superreflection

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ reflection.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superreflection (plural superreflections)

1. The reflection of a reflected image or sound.
   • 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:

     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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)