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Resonance   /rˈɛzənəns/   Listen
Resonance

noun
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.  Synonyms: plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy.
4.
A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people.  Synonym: rapport.
5.
The quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities.



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"Resonance" Quotes from Famous Books



... ringing quality in her voice, a depth and resonance that spoke of war and heroes. The fire that all the Holding knew was suddenly in her eyes, flashing and flaming. Kenset caught it, and ...
— Tharon of Lost Valley • Vingie E. Roe
... flat and contemptible. It had no meaning and scarcely roused to attention and expectancy the unengaged parts of the line-of-battle and the waiting reserves. Heard at a little distance, the reports of cannon were feeble in volume and timbre: they lacked sting and resonance. The guns seemed to be fired with light charges, unshotted. And so the futile day wore on to its dreary close, and then to a night of discomfort succeeded ...
— The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Vol. II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians • Ambrose Bierce
... sing the soprano part, men with trained falsetto voices (called male altos) taking the alto,[32] while the tenor and bass parts are, of course, sung by men as always. Since the child voice is only useful when the tones are produced with relaxed muscles, and since the resonance cavities have not developed sufficiently to give the voice a great deal of power, it is possible for a few men on each of the lower parts to sing with from twenty to thirty boys on the soprano part. Six basses, four tenors, and four altos will ...
— Essentials in Conducting • Karl Wilson Gehrkens
... the air at perhaps a thousand yards above us; the voice of its gun covers all as with a pavilion of resonance. The sound of its travel is sluggish, and one divines a projectile bigger-boweled, more enormous than the others. We can hear it passing and declining in front with the ponderous and increasing vibration of a train that enters a station under brakes; then, its heavy ...
— Under Fire - The Story of a Squad • Henri Barbusse
... absolute silence, a regiment of cuirassiers was passing, the level sun blazing like sheets of crimson fire across their helmets and breastplates. And now, listening, the far clatter of their horses came to his ears in an immense, unbroken, rattling resonance. ...
— The Dark Star • Robert W. Chambers


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