reverberation

[ri-vur-buh-rey-shuhn]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reverberation¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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Zelenskyy was right when he said that just because there's an ocean between us and them, we will still feel the reverberations of what is happening.

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Related Words

• repercussion