reverberation

American  

[ri-vur-buh-rey-shuhn] / rɪˌvɜr bəˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a reechoed sound.

2. the fact of being reverberated or reflected.

3. something that is reverberated.

   Reverberations from the explosion were felt within a six-mile radius.

4. an act or instance of reverberating.

5. Physics. the persistence of a sound after its source has stopped, caused by multiple reflection of the sound within a closed space.

6. the act or process of subjecting something to reflected heat, as in a reverberatory furnace.

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Etymology

Origin of reverberation

1350–1400; Middle English reverberacioun < Medieval Latin reverberātiōn- (stem of reverberātiō ). See reverberate, -ion

Example Sentences

I left home for college during his first term, just as the reverberations of Operation Cyclone began to blow back on the U.S.

From Salon

Those April missteps had reverberations that are shaping the market today, Lakos-Bujas argues.

From Barron's

Polls will take place in Wales, Scotland and some English councils, but the reverberations of the result will be felt in Downing Street.

From BBC

After all, the reverberations of the immigration sweeps are being felt widely.

From Salon

The results of this election could have reverberations far beyond Warsaw, too.

From BBC

Related Words

• repercussion