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.
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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.
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3. (Physics) A phenomenon in which a vibration or other
cyclic process (such as tide cycles) of large amplitude is
produced by smaller impulses, when the frequency of the
external impulses is close to that of the natural cycling
frequency of the process in that system.
Note: The shattering of a glass object when impinged upon by
sound of a certain frequency is one example of this
phenomenon; another is the very large tides in certain
basins such as that of the Bay of Fundy, which has a
natural cycling frequency close to that of the tidal
cycle.
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4. (Electronics) 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; the tuning of a radio
transmitter or receiver to send or detect waves of
specific frequencies depends on this phenomenon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "resonance":
amplitude, antinode, crest, de Broglie wave, diffraction,
electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, fluctuation,
frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, guided wave,
harmonic motion, in phase, interference, libration, light,
longitudinal wave, mechanical wave, node, nutation, oscillation,
out of phase, pendulation, period, periodic wave, periodicity,
radio wave, ray, reinforcement, resonance frequency, seismic wave,
shock wave, sound wave, surface wave, tidal wave, transverse wave,
trough, vacillation, vibrancy, vibratility, vibration, wave,
wave equation, wave motion, wave number, wavelength, wavering
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