1. Noun
The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
2. Noun
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.
3. noun
Strong vibration caused when forcing matches a system's natural rhythm.
A large response that occurs when a system is driven near its natural frequency.
4. Noun
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
Vocabulary classified under Physics
5. Noun
the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
6. Noun
having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
7. Noun
a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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