Resonance (T.M.Revolution song)
WordNet
noun
(1) The quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
(2) Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
(3) 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
(4) An excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
(5) A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
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Etymology
From from , from .
Noun
- The condition of being resonant.
- A resonant sound, echo
- Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion.
- The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
- A short-lived subatomic particle that cannot be observed directly.
- 2004: When experiments with the first ‘atom-smashers’ took place in the 1950s to 1960s, many short-lived heavier siblings of the proton and neutron, known as ‘resonances’, were discovered. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 35)
- An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
- The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.