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res⋅o⋅nant
[rez-uh-nuh
nt]
–adjective
| 1. | resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired. |
| 2. | deep and full of resonance: a resonant voice. |
| 3. | pertaining to resonance. |
| 4. | producing resonance; causing amplification or sustention of sound. |
| 5. | pertaining to a system in a state of resonance, esp. with respect to sound. |
–noun
| 6. | Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w). |
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Resonant
Res"o*nant\, a. (Elec.) Adjusted as to dimensions (as an electric circuit) so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.Resonant
Res"o*nant\ (-nant), a. [L. resonans, p. pr. of resonare to resound: cf. F. r['e]sonnant. See Resound.] Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back. Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. --De Quincey.
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Language Translation for : resonant
Spanish:
resonante,
German:
widerhallend,
Japanese:
響き渡る
Main Entry: res·o·nant
Pronunciation: 'rez-&n-&nt, 'rez-n&nt
Function: adjective
1 : capable of inducingresonance
2 : relating to or exhibiting resonance
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