reverberation

English

From Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberatio.

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.

violent oscillation or vibration

echo, or a series of overlapping echos

Dutch: weerklank (nl), echo (nl)
Finnish: kaiku (fi) (echo); jälkikaiunta, jälkikaiku (series)
French: echo (fr) m
German: Hall m, Nachhall (de) m, Widerhall m, Widerklang (de) m, Nachhallen (de) n, Widerschallen n, Zurückschallen n
Irish: aisfhuaimniú m, frithchaitheamh m, macalla (ga) m

Japanese: 残響 (ざんきょう, zankyō)
Maori: paorangi (of thunder)
Portuguese: reverberação (pt) f
Russian: отраже́ние (ru) n (otražénije), ревербера́ция (ru) f (reverberácija), о́тзвук (ru) m (ótzvuk)
Tagalog: balingawngaw, ulyaw

reflection of light or heat

German: Widerschein (de) m, Zurückwerfen n, Zurückstrahlen n, Zurückwurf m, Widerspiegelung f
Irish: frithspré m (heat), macalla (ga) m (light), frithchaitheamh m (light)

evolving series of effects

“reverberation” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.