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resonant

RELATED WORD :


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Adjective
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res=o=nant

CIDE DICTIONARY

resonanta. [L. resonans, p. pr. of resonare to resound: cf. F. résonnant. See Resound.].
  •  Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.  [1913 Webster]
    "Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old."  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resonant, adj.
1 (of sound) echoing, resounding; continuing to sound; reinforced or prolonged by reflection or synchronous vibration.
2 (of a body, room, etc.) tending to reinforce or prolong sounds esp. by synchronous vibration.
3 (often foll. by with) (of a place) resounding.
4 of or relating to resonance.

Derivative
resonantly adv.
Etymology
F r{eacute}sonnant or L resonare resonant- (as RE-, sonare sound)

THESAURUS

resonant

beating, booming, consonant, deep, earsplitting, electrifying, enhanced, fat, fluctuant, fluctuating, fluctuational, full, harmonic, heightened, intensified, libratory, loud, mellow, noisy, nutational, orotund, oscillating, oscillatory, pendular, pendulous, periodic, plangent, powerful, profound, pulsating, pulsing, resonating, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, rich, ringing, rolling, rotund, round, sonorous, sounding, stentorian, strident, thrilling, throbbing, thundering, thunderous, vacillating, vacillatory, vibrant, vibratile, vibrating, vibratory, wavering

ROGET THESAURUS

resonant

Sound

N sound, noise, strain, accent, twang, intonation, tone, cadence, sonorousness, audibility, resonance, voice, aspirate, ideophone, rough breathing, acoustics, phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography, diacoustics, diaphonics, phonetism, sounding, soniferous, sonorous, sonorific, resonant, audible, distinct, stertorous, phonetic, phonic, phonocamptic, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, forensis strepitus.

Resonance

N resonance, ring, ringing, tintinabulation, reflexion, reflection, reverberation, echo, reecho, zap, zot, buzz (hiss), low note, base note, bass note, flat note, grave note, deep note, bass, basso, basso profondo, baritone, barytone, contralto, echo chamber, resonator, tinnitus, bell, doorbell, buzzer, gong, cymbals (musical instruments), sympathetic vibrations, natural frequency, coupled vibration frequency, overtone, resonating cavity, sounding board, tuning fork, tuning, squelch, frequency selection, resonator, resonator circuit, radio resonant structure, aromaticity, alternating double bonds, non-bonded resonance, pi clouds, unsaturation, double bond, (valence), resounding, resonant, reverberant, tinnient, tintinnabulary, sonorous, booming, deep-toned, deep-sounding, deep-mouthed, vibrant, hollow, sepulchral, gruff, sweet bells jangled, out of time and harsh, echoing down the mountain and through the dell.


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