reverberations
Sound bouncing back
Reverberations are sounds that persist by bouncing off surfaces—the lingering echo in a cathedral, the rumble of thunder rolling through hills.
The word extends to any continuing effects or repercussions: The reverberations of that decision are still being felt today.
A single event sends out reverberations the way a stone dropped in water sends out ripples.
Propagating pressure disturbance
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- quakeSeismic ground trembling
- rumbleLow rolling sound
shudder · pulsation · aftershock · concussion · jolt · seismic · thunder · boom
Reflected sound wave
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- soundwaveTraveling pressure disturbance
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
frequency · harmonics · overtones · timbre · pitch · tone · decibel · oscillation
Power to affect others
- legacyWhat's passed down
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- echoesReflected sound waves
significance · weight · meaning · memory · commemoration · remembrance · tribute · homage
Indirect results of actions
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftermathResults following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- effectsConsequences or belongings
implications · aftereffects · backlash · outcomes · upshot · blowback · spillover · wake
shockwave
Propagating pressure disturbance
rumble · shudder · pulsation · aftershock · concussion · jolt · seismic · thunder · boom · shaking
echo
Reflected sound wave
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- soundwaveTraveling pressure disturbance
amplitude · frequency · harmonics · overtones · timbre · pitch · tone · decibel · oscillation · waveform
influence
Power to affect others
- legacyWhat's passed down
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
echoes · significance · weight · meaning · memory · commemoration · remembrance · tribute · homage · reflection
repercussions
Indirect results of actions
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- aftermathResults following an event
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
effects · implications · aftereffects · backlash · outcomes · upshot · blowback · spillover · wake · corollaries
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
- Aftereffectsaftermath, aftershock, fallout, side effects, ripple effect
- impactcollision, impact, hit, blow, crash
- Intangible feelingsfeelings, emotions, sensations, moods, sentiments
- echolocationecholocation, biosonar, microbats, horseshoe bat, oilbird
reverberationssilence
Total lack of sound
stillness · soundlessness · quiet · hush · muteness
reverberationsimmediacy
Quality of being direct
brevity · abruptness · flash · moment
reverberationsroot cause
Fundamental origin of problem
containment · isolation · inconsequentiality · insignificance · dead end