Resonance

Quick meaning: Resonance is a noun meaning (uncountable) The quality of being resonant.

Meaning

(uncountable) The quality of being resonant.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
2. (figuratively) Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.
3. (nuclear physics) A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.
4. An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
5. (chemistry) The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
6. (medicine) The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
7. (physics) 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.

Example Sentences

emotional resonance

The whole recognition process has a deep colonial resonance. [title]

But the film is largely redeemed by an unexpected emotional resonance befitting a Steven Spielberg production.

When experiments with the first ‘atom-smashers’ took place in the 1950s to 1960s, many short-lived heavier siblings of the proton and neutron, known as ‘resonances’, were discovered.

Word Forms

• resonances

Synonyms for resonance

Depending on context, synonyms include resound, mesomerism, sonority, vibrancy, ringing, plangency.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reverberance, ringing, sonority, vibrancy, plangency, resonant.

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