reverberation
(noun)
noun
1. the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves
Similar word(s): echo, replication
Definition categories: attribute, reflection, reflectivity, reflexion
2. a remote or indirect consequence of some action
- reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
Similar word(s): repercussion
Definition categories: phenomenon, consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
Sentences with reverberation as a noun:
- The discomfort caused by the bat's reverberation surprised Tommy.
- The reverberation that followed Marylin's shout filled the cavern.
- Like the several reverberations of the same image from two opposite looking glasses.
- Reverberations from the Vietnam war affect our society to this day.