noun Download 🔗Share The quality of being resonant. Examples : "The music hall had a strong resonance, making every note sound full and clear. " sound physics music quality sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle. Examples : "Blowing across the open bottle created a low, humming resonance. " sound physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking. Examples : "The doctor listened carefully for the resonance in the patient's chest as he spoke. " medicine sound body physiology anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion. Examples : "The old photograph of my grandmother had a deep resonance for me, reminding me of my childhood summers at her house. " sensation emotion mind music sound literature art Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The singer shattered the glass because the note she held created a strong resonance in the glass, causing it to vibrate until it broke. " physics sound energy frequency phenomena system technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles. Examples : "After the high-speed collision of the two protons, physicists detected a brief resonance before it decayed into other particles. " physics energy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration. Examples : "The guitar's body added resonance to the plucked string, making the sound richer and last longer. " music sound physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons; mesomerism. Examples : "The molecule's resonance structure explains why it behaves similarly to both compounds, showing the shared electrons. " chemistry compound property structure science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations. Examples : "The moon's resonance with Earth causes slight, predictable variations in the tides. " astronomy physics space Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude. Examples : "The circuit's resonance allowed for maximum signal strength, making the radio reception clear. " electronics physics frequency signal condition technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading