resonant
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adj
noun
Freq #46196
Meanings
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1
adj
characterized by resonance
a resonant voice
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2
adj
Resounding, echoing.
From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell.
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3
adj
serving to bring to mind
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4
adj
Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
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5
noun
A sonorant vowel or consonant.
Etymology
Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonantem.
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Synonyms
1
adj
· characterized by resonance
resonating
2
adj
· resounding, echoing.
booming
3
adj
· serving to bring to mind
redolent
5
noun
· a sonorant vowel or consonant.
sonorant
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Word family
Derived forms
antiresonantgyroresonantmultiresonantnonresonantpseudoresonantresonantlyunresonant