Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resonant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resonant \Res"o*nant\ (-nant), a. [L. resonans, p. pr. of
resonare to resound: cf. F. r['e]sonnant. See {Resound}.]
Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound;
resounding; echoing back.
Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets
were resonant with female parties of young and old.
--De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resonant \Res"o*nant\, a. (Elec.)
Adjusted as to dimensions (as an electric circuit) so that
currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of
electric waves of a given frequency.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
resonant
adj 1: inducing resonance; "resonant frequency"
2: characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear
the rolling thunder" [syn: {resonating}, {resounding}, {reverberating},
{reverberative}, {rolling}]
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