resonance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: resonance	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resonance n an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation 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 having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant Synonym(s): plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people Synonym(s): rapport, resonance the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resonance \Res"o*nance\ (r?z"?-nans), n. [Cf. F. r[82]sonance, L. resonantia an echo.] 1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant. 2. (Acoustics) 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. {Pulmonary resonance} (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. {Vocal resonance} (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resonance \Res"o*nance\, n. An electric phenomenon corresponding to that of acoustic resonance, due to the existance of certain relations of the capacity, inductance, resistance, and frequency of an alternating circuit.