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Question
What is meant by an echo?
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Solution 1
If a person stands at some distance from a wall or a hillside and produces a sharp sound, he hears two distinct sounds: one is original sound heard almost instantaneously and the other one is heard after reflection from the wall or hillside, which is called echo.
Solution 2
The sound that keeps coming after reflecting off of a hard surface (such a cliff, a hillside, a building's wall, or the edge of a forest). It's referred to as an echo.
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