reverberation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A violent oscillation or vibration.

   The discomfort caused by the bat's reverberation surprised Tommy.

2. 2
   noun

   An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.

   The reverberation that followed Marilyn's shout filled the cavern.

3. 3
   noun

   The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror.

   Like the several reverberations of the same image from two opposite looking glasses.

4. 4
   noun

   An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.

   Reverberations from the Vietnam war affect our society to this day.

5. 5
   noun

   the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

6. 6
   noun

   a remote or indirect consequence of some action

Etymology

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