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Look up: Echo

  1. echo
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ek′ō Definitions: 1. A reverberating sound sometimes heard during auscultation of the chest. 2. In ultrasonography, the acoustic signal received from scattering or reflecting structures or the corresponding pattern of light on a CRT or ultrasonogram. 3. In magnet...
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  2. ECHO
    Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for enteric cytopathic human orphan. See: ECHO virus
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  3. Echo
    the Roman version of the myth of Echo was written by Ovid who said Echo was a nymph assigned by Zeus to talk incessantly to Hera distracting her from Zeus amorous affairs with mortals and gods; Hera discovered the ruse and punished Echo by making her repeat what others said; Echo fell in love with t...
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  4. Echo
    A sound that has been reflected off a surface so as to arrive back at the source an audible time later.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. Echo
    Exchange Clearing House (for foreign exchange derivatives)
    Found on http://www.numa.com/ref/acronym.htm

  6. echo
    [n] - (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained 2. [n] - a reply that repeats what has just been said 3. [n] - the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped 4. [v] - call to mind
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  7. ECHO
    European Commission Host Organization [Internet]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  8. Echo
    1) One distinct repeat of a sound because of the sound reflecting off a surface.
    2) Loosely, used to mean reverberation (the continuing of a sound after the source stops emitting it, caused by many discrete echoes closely spaced in time).
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  9. Echo
    a very basic effect produced by repeating a sound with a delay long enough to be heard as a separate event. It is often just called delay and is usually used to add more depth to an audio signal without the muddiness often introduced by reverb. The repetition of a sound delayed in time by at least 5...
    Found on http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%

  10. Echo
    A delayed return of sound that is perceived by the ear as a discrete sound image. Typically >90 milliseconds to be perceived as distinct from that directly transmitted. See also: Cepstrum, Echo Location, Echograms, Flutter Echo, Reflected Sound.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  11. Echo
    In Greek mythology, a mountain nymph personifying disembodied sound. According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hera deprived Echo of her speech, except for the repetition of another's last words, after her...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  12. Echo
    NATO designation for soviet SSN class submarine [SU]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  13. ECHO
    European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office. Office d'Aide Humanitaire de la Commission Européenne.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895

  14. Echo
    an electric,acoustic or electromagnetic wave which arrives at a given point,after reflection or indirect propagation,with sufficient magnitude and delay for it to be perceptible at the given point,as a wave distinct from that directly transmitted Category: News-systems and communications &bul...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  15. Echo
    Ech'o (ĕk'o) noun ; plural Echoes (ĕk'ōz). [ Latin echo , Greek 'hchw` echo, sound, akin to 'hchh` , 'h^chos , sound, noise; confer Sanskrit vāç to sound, bellow...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6

  16. Echo
    Ech'o transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Echoed ; present participle & verbal noun Echoing . -- 3d pers. sing. present Echoes ] 1. To se...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6

  17. Echo
    Ech'o intransitive verb To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. ' Echoing noise.' Blackmore.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6

  18. Echo
    Ech'o noun ; plural Echoes . [ Latin echo , Greek ... echo.] (Whist) (a) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or as played by some exactly three trumps) and wh...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/6

  19. echo
    Origin: L. Echo, Gr. Echo, sound, akin to, sound, noise; cf. Skr. Va to sound, bellow; perh. Akin to E. Voice: cf. F. Echo. ... 1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound. 'The babbling echo mocks the hounds.' (Sh...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  20. echo
    reverberation noun the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. echo
    noun a reply that repeats what has just been said
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. Echo
    noun (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. echo
    recall verb call to mind; `His words echoed John F. Kennedy`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  24. echo
    verb to say again or imitate; `followers echoing the cries of their leaders`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  25. echo
    ring 4 reverberate verb ring or echo with sound; `the hall resounded with laughter`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web



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