English-French translations for reverberation

• contrecoup
• écho
• réflexion
• répercussion
  Ce signal aura des répercussions positives plus larges. This signal will have wider positive reverberations.
• réverbération

Definition of reverberation

• A violent oscillation or vibration
• An echo, or a series of overlapping echoes
• The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror
• An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion

Examples

• The discomfort caused by the bats reverberation surprised Tommy.
• The reverberation that followed Marilyns shout filled the cavern.
• Like the several reverberations of the same image from two opposite looking glasses.
• Reverberations from the Vietnam war affect our society to this day.

Related words

• reverberate
• reverberant
• reverberatory furnace