The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves.

synonyms: echo, replication, sound reflection.

Roget 407: roll etc. v.; drumming etc. v.; berloque^†, bombination^†, rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara^†; rataplan^†; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari^†, racket; cuckoo; repetition etc. 104; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation etc. 408.    [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack.    hum, purr.    [animals that hum] hummingbird.    [animals that purr] cat, kitten (animal sounds) 412.    ... show more

Roget 408: resonance; ring etc. v.; ringing, tintinabulation etc. v.; reflexion [Brit.], reflection, reverberation; echo, reecho; zap, zot [Coll.]; buzz (hiss) 409.    low note, base note, bass note, flat note, grave note, deep note; bass; basso, basso profondo [It]; baritone, barytone^†; contralto.    [device to cause resonance] echo chamber, resonator.    [ringing in the ears] tinnitus [Med.].    [devices which make a resonating sound] bell, doorbell, buzzer; gong, cymbals (musical instruments) 417.    [physical resonance] sympathetic vibrations; natural frequency, coupled vibration frequency; overtone; resonating cavity; sounding board, tuning fork.    [electrical resonance] tuning, squelch, frequency selection; resonator, resonator circuit; radio &c.. [chemical resonance] resonant structure, aromaticity, alternating double bonds, non-bonded resonance; pi clouds, unsaturation, double bond, (valence). ... show more

Roget 104: repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm etc. 138; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy.    chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello^†, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It], recapitulation.    cuckoo etc. (imitation) 19; reverberation etc. 408; drumming etc. (roll) 407; renewal etc. (restoration) 660.    twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition; reappearance, reproduction, recursion [Comp.]; periodicity etc. 138.    ... show more

Dutch: echo, weerkaatsing
Polish: pogłos, echo, podźwięk, odgłos

A remote or indirect consequence of some action:
— Reverberations of the market crash were felt years later.

synonym: repercussion.

Roget 277: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration^†; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back etc. v.; elasticity etc. 325; reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux; reverberation etc. (resonance) 408; rebuff, repulse; return.    ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist^†.    elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.    ... show more

Polish: reperkusja