noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being resonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resound
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
resonance
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- emotional resonance
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noun
Meaning 5
The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 6
A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear physics
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noun
Meaning 7
An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mesomerism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 11
A quality of human relationship with the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 12
the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: timbre, timber, quality, tone
noun
Meaning 13
having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: timbre, timber, quality, tone
noun
Meaning 14
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oscillation, vibration
noun
Meaning 15
an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical phenomenon
Narrower terms: nuclear resonance, magnetic resonance
noun
Meaning 16
a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rapport
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affinity, kinship
History
Etymology
From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“to resound”).
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: резонанс (rezonans) — condition of being resonant
- Dutch: resonantie — condition of being resonant
- Finnish: resonanssi — condition of being resonant
- Finnish: myötävärähtely — condition of being resonant
- French: résonance — condition of being resonant
- German: Resonanz — condition of being resonant
- Greek: απήχηση (apíchisi) — condition of being resonant
- Hebrew: תהודה (tehudá) — condition of being resonant
- Hungarian: rezonancia — condition of being resonant
- Indonesian: pertalunan — condition of being resonant
- Irish: athshondas — condition of being resonant
- Irish: fuaimneacht — condition of being resonant
- Irish: gluaire — condition of being resonant
- Italian: risonanza — condition of being resonant
- Persian: رزونانس (rezonâns) — condition of being resonant
- Persian: بازآوایی (bâz-âvâyi) — condition of being resonant
- Persian: تشدید (tašdid) — condition of being resonant
- Polish: rezonans — condition of being resonant
- Portuguese: ressonância — condition of being resonant
- Romanian: rezonanță — condition of being resonant
- Russian: резона́нс (rezonáns) — condition of being resonant
- Spanish: resonancia — condition of being resonant
- Tagalog: kaalunigan — condition of being resonant
- Thai: การสั่นพ้อง — condition of being resonant
- Ukrainian: резона́нс (rezonáns) — condition of being resonant
- Bulgarian: ехтене (ehtene) — resonant sound
- Chinese Mandarin: 迴響 /回响 (huíxiǎng) — resonant sound
- Dutch: weergalm — resonant sound
- Dutch: weerklank — resonant sound
- Finnish: resonanssi — resonant sound
- Galician: resón — resonant sound
- Greek: αντήχηση (antíchisi) — resonant sound
- Hebrew: תהודה (tehudá) — resonant sound
- Indonesian: talunan — resonant sound
- Irish: macalla — resonant sound
- Norwegian Bokmål: resonans — resonant sound
- Norwegian Nynorsk: resonans — resonant sound
- Polish: pogłos — resonant sound
- Portuguese: ressonância — resonant sound
- Tagalog: alunig — resonant sound
- Tagalog: alingaw — resonant sound
- Armenian: ռեզոնանս (ṙezonans) — in physics, the increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system
- Chinese Mandarin: 共振 (gòngzhèn) — in physics, the increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system
- French: résonance — in physics, the increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system
- Russian: резона́нс (rezonáns) — in physics, the increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system
- German: Mesomerie — property of a compound; mesomerism
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