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res⋅o⋅nant

  [rez-uh-nuhnt]
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–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).
Origin:
1585–95; < L resonant- (s. of resonāns), prp. of resonāre to resound; see -ant

Related forms:
res⋅o⋅nant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. rich, vibrant, sonorant, reverberant.
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res·o·nant   (rěz'ə-nənt)   
adj.  
    1. Strong and deep in tone; resounding: a resonant voice.
    2. Having a lasting presence or effect; enduring: "Cranmer compiled the first Book of Common Prayer, writing some of the most resonant phrases in the English tongue" (Allen D. Boyer).
    3. Strongly reminiscent; evocative: a monument that is resonant of the nation's past glory.
  2. Producing or exhibiting resonance: resonant frequency excitation.
  3. Resulting from or as if from resonance: resonant amplification.
n.  Linguistics A sonorant.

[Latin resonāns, resonant-, present participle of resonāre, to resound; see resound.]
res'o·nant·ly adv.
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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
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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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