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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberatio.
Morphologically reverberate + -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/
Noun
reverberation (countable and uncountable, plural reverberations)
- A violent oscillation or vibration.
- The discomfort caused by the bat's reverberation surprised Tommy.
- An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes.
- The reverberation that followed Marilyn's shout filled the cavern.
- 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.
- (chiefly in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.
- Reverberations from the Vietnam war affect our society to this day.
Translations
violent oscillation or vibration
echo, or a series of overlapping echos
- Bulgarian: ехо (bg) n (eho), ехтене (bg) n (ehtene)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 迴響/回响 (wui4 hoeng2)
- Dutch: weerklank (nl), echo (nl)
- Finnish: kaiku (fi) (echo); jälkikaiunta, jälkikaiku, kaje (series)
- French: echo (fr) m
- German: Hall (de) m, Nachhall (de) m, Widerhall (de) m, Widerklang (de) m, Nachhallen (de) n, Widerschallen n, Zurückschallen n, Nachklang m
- Irish: aisfhuaimniú m, frithchaitheamh m, macalla (ga) m
- Japanese: 残響 (ja) (ざんきょう, zankyō)
- Macedonian: одек m (odek)
- Maori: paorangi (of thunder)
- Polish: pogłos (pl) m
- Portuguese: reverberação (pt) f
- Russian: отраже́ние (ru) n (otražénije), ревербера́ция (ru) f (reverberácija), о́тзвук (ru) m (ótzvuk)
- Slovak: dozvuk m
- Swedish: efterklang
- Tagalog: balingawngaw, ulyaw
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reflection of light or heat
evolving series of effects
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