Meaning of RESONANT
Pronunciation: | | 'rezu`nunt
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- [adj] inducing resonance; "resonant frequency"
- [adj] characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder"
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| Synonyms: | | resonating, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, reverberative, ringing, rolling |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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