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Etymology

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From super- +‎ reflection.

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Noun

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superreflection (countable and uncountable, plural superreflections)

  1. The reflection of a reflected image, sound, magnetosonic wave, etc.
    • 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

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