reverberation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A sound that echoes and continues after the original sound has stopped.

   The reverberation of the church bells lingered across the valley.

2. 2
   noun

   A lasting effect or consequence of an event, felt long afterwards.

   The reverberations of the financial crisis were felt for years.

From Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberatio. Morphologically reverberate + -ion.

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