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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



... heard a cry like the noise made by a rattle. That shrill voice, if indeed it were a voice, escaped from a throat almost entirely dry. It was at once succeeded by a convulsive little cough like a child's, of a peculiar resonance. At that sound, Marianina, Filippo, and Madame de Lanty looked toward us, and their glances were like lightning flashes. The young woman wished that she were at the bottom of the Seine. She took my arm and pulled me away toward a boudoir. Everybody, men and women, made room for us to pass. ...
— Sarrasine • Honore de Balzac
... again into the clear atmosphere and resonance of the Paris streets, and made their way back by the Rue du Bac, the Pont Royal and the gardens of the Tuileries, to their hotel in the Rue de Rivoli, Carteret spoke reverently of the religious life, and the marvellous ...
— Deadham Hard • Lucas Malet
... cat-business caused ... unless ... rapport is achieved by a sort of resonance—and you couldn't get it with a cat and ...
— Collectivum • Mike Lewis
... emaciated, and coughed every few moments. He had night-sweats, nervous twitching, and slight dulness on percussion at the apex of the right lung, with prolonged expiration and roughened inspiration, and some increase of vocal resonance. ...
— Fat and Blood - An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria • S. Weir Mitchell
... blast from the terrible horn of Roland—he of Roncesvalles. The air had the resonance of hell, as the Guatemalan Indians worshipped their black Christ upon the plaza; and naked Istar, Daughter of Sin, stood shivering before the Seventh Gate. Then a great silence fell upon Stannum. He saw a green star drop over ...
— Melomaniacs • James Huneker


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