Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resonance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resonance \Res"o*nance\ (r?z"?-nans), n. [Cf. F. r['e]sonance,
L. resonantia an echo.]
1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being
resonant.
2. (Acoustics) A prolongation or increase of any sound,
either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the
walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct
echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies,
as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.
{Pulmonary resonance} (Med.), the sound heard on percussing
over the lungs.
{Vocal resonance} (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear
when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resonance \Res"o*nance\, n.
An electric phenomenon corresponding to that of acoustic
resonance, due to the existance of certain relations of the
capacity, inductance, resistance, and frequency of an
alternating circuit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
resonance
n 1: an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp
maximum in the probability of absorption of
electromagnetic radiation
2: a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively
small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as
the natural frequency of the resonating system
3: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of
being resonant [syn: {plangency}, {reverberance}, {ringing},
{sonorousness}, {sonority}, {vibrancy}]
4: relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement
between people [syn: {rapport}]
5: the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action
of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and
nasal cavities
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