Definition of Reverberation

1. Noun. The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves. "She could hear echoes of her own footsteps"

Exact synonyms: Echo, Replication, Sound Reflection
Generic synonyms: Reflection, Reflectivity, Reflexion
Specialized synonyms: Re-echo
Derivative terms: Echo, Echo, Reverberate

2. Noun. A remote or indirect consequence of some action. "Reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"
Exact synonyms: Repercussion
Generic synonyms: Consequence, Effect, Event, Issue, Outcome, Result, Upshot
Derivative terms: Repercuss, Reverberate

Definition of Reverberation

1. n. The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.

Definition of Reverberation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Reverberation

1. Multiple echoes or reflections; in ultrasonography, an artifactual image caused by delay of an echo which has been reflected back and forward again before returning to the transducer. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverberation

revenue sharing
revenue stamp
revenue tariff
reverable
reverb
reverbed
reverberance
reverberant
reverberantly
reverberate
reverberated
reverberates
reverberating
reverberating circuit
reverberation (current term)
reverberation (current term)
reverberations
reverberative
reverberatory
reverbing
reverbs
Reverdin's method
Reverdin graft
revere
revered
reverence
reverenced
reverencer
reverencers
reverences

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