"reverberation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-reverberation.wav Forms: reverberations [plural]
Etymology: From Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberatio. Morphologically reverberate + -ion Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|reverberation}} Old French reverberation, {{der|en|ML.|reverberatio}} Medieval Latin reverberatio, {{suffix|en|reverberate|ion|nocat=1}} reverberate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reverberation (countable and uncountable, plural reverberations)
  1. A violent oscillation or vibration. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (violent oscillation or vibration): terugslag (Dutch), värinä (Finnish), contrecoup [masculine] (French), Zurückschlagen [neuter] (German), paorangi (Maori), balingawngaw (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-reverberation-en-noun-9qaiHqPd Disambiguation of 'violent oscillation or vibration': 97 1 2 1
  2. An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (echo, or a series of overlapping echos): ехо (eho) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ехтене (ehtene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 迴響 /回响 (wui⁴ hoeng²) (Chinese Cantonese), weerklank (Dutch), echo (Dutch), kaiku (english: echo) (Finnish), jälkikaiunta (Finnish), jälkikaiku (Finnish), kaje (english: series) (Finnish), echo [masculine] (French), Hall [masculine] (German), Nachhall [masculine] (German), Widerhall [masculine] (German), Widerklang [masculine] (German), Nachhallen [neuter] (German), Widerschallen [neuter] (German), Zurückschallen [neuter] (German), Nachklang [masculine] (German), aisfhuaimniú [masculine] (Irish), frithchaitheamh [masculine] (Irish), macalla [masculine] (Irish), 残響 (zankyō) (alt: ざんきょう) (Japanese), одек (odek) [masculine] (Macedonian), paorangi (note: of thunder) (Maori), pogłos [masculine] (Polish), reverberação [feminine] (Portuguese), отраже́ние (otražénije) [neuter] (Russian), ревербера́ция (reverberácija) [feminine] (Russian), о́тзвук (ótzvuk) [masculine] (Russian), dozvuk [masculine] (Slovak), efterklang (Swedish), balingawngaw (Tagalog), ulyaw (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-reverberation-en-noun-WxGUE~3t Disambiguation of 'echo, or a series of overlapping echos': 3 74 1 22
  3. The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (reflection of light or heat): отражение (otraženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), weerkaatsing (Dutch), heijastus (Finnish), réflexion [feminine] (French), Widerschein [masculine] (German), Zurückwerfen [neuter] (German), Zurückstrahlen [neuter] (German), Zurückwurf [masculine] (German), Widerspiegelung [feminine] (German), frithspré (english: heat) [masculine] (Irish), macalla (english: light) [masculine] (Irish), frithchaitheamh (english: light) [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-reverberation-en-noun-gRa~5Z5I Disambiguation of 'reflection of light or heat': 2 0 97 1
  4. (chiefly in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable Translations (evolving series of effects): repercussie (Dutch), jälkikaiut [plural] (Finnish), répercussion [feminine] (French), Nachwirkung [feminine] (German), Nachhall [masculine] (German), repercussão [feminine] (Portuguese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reverbation [rare] Derived forms: reverberation time

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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