resonator

[ rez-uh-ney-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

anything that resonates.
an appliance for increasing sound by resonance.
an instrument for detecting the presence of a particular frequency by means of resonance.
Electronics.
1. a hollow enclosure cavity resonator made of conducting material of such dimensions that electromagnetic radiation of a certain frequency will resonate.
2. any circuit having this frequency characteristic.

resonator

/ ˈrɛzəˌneɪtə /

any body or system that displays resonance, esp a tuned electrical circuit or a conducting cavity in which microwaves are generated by a resonant current

First recorded in 1865–70; resonate + -or ²

D is the wire by which the tongue is tuned; E the body of the pipe which acts as a resonator.

A feeling of trembling in the upper chest is usually held to indicate that the chest cavity is working properly as a resonator.

It is no better adapted for air resonance than an ordinary spherical resonator would be, if filled with wet sponges.

If left to its own judgment the ear takes the resonator to be the original source of the sound.

The sound waves in this case can issue only from the front of the resonator,—the singer's mouth.

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