Resonance

['rez(ə)nəns] or ['rɛznəns]

Definition

(noun.) the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation.

Editor: Myra--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

(n.) 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.

Typist: Willard

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Reverberation, RING.

Checker: Zelig

Definition

n. act of resounding: the returning of sound by reflection or by the production of vibrations in other bodies: the sound discovered by means of auscultation—also Res′onancy.—n. Res′onance-box a chamber in a musical instrument for increasing its sonority.—adj. Res′onant returning sound: vibrating.—adv. Res′onantly.—v.i. Res′onāte to resound.—n. Resonā′tor a vessel for the analysis of complex sounds.

Inputed by Davis