Resonant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Strong and deep in tone; resounding: a resonant voice.
  • adj. 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).
  • adj. Strongly reminiscent; evocative: a monument that is resonant of the nation's past glory.
  • adj. Producing or exhibiting resonance: resonant frequency excitation.
  • adj. Resulting from or as if from resonance: resonant amplification.
  • n. Linguistics A sonorant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Resounding, echoing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.
  • adj. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Resounding; specifically, noting a substance, structure, or confined body of air which is capable of decided sympathetic vibrations; or a voice, instrument, or tone in which such vibrations are prominent.
  • Sounding or ringing in the nasal passages: used by some authors instead of nasal as applied to articulate sounds.
  • n. A resonant or nasal sound.
  • In electricity, capable of responding to electric oscillations of a given frequency on account of its capacity, inductance, and dimensions: said of an electrically tuned circuit.
  • In the graphic arts, noting brilliancy and power in technique or quality.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by resonance
  • adj. serving to bring to mind
  • Equivalent
    reverberant    mindful    aware   
    Cross Reference
    ringing    nasal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    resounding    sonorous    plangent    vibrant    roaring   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sonorous    high-pitched    rhythmic    husky    guttural