The wreath that was commonly used was the laurel wreath. The use of this wreath comes from the Greek myth involving Apollo, Zeusâ son and the god of life and light, who fell in love with the nymph Daphne.
verb (used without object), reverberated, reverberating. 1. to reecho or resound: Her singing reverberated through the house. 2. Physics. to be reflected many times, as sound waves from the walls of a confined space. 3. to rebound or recoil. 4. to be deflected, as flame in a reverberatory furnace. verb (used with object), reverberated, reverberating.
To quantitatively characterize the reverberation, the paramater called the reverberation time is used. The sketch below depicts the sound received by a single listener as a function of time as a result of a sharp sound pulse some distance away. The direct sound received is followed by distinct reflected sounds and then a collection of many reflected sounds which blend and overlap into what is called reverberation.