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resonant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resonant \Res"o*nant\ (-nant), a. [L. resonans, p. pr of resonare to resound: cf F. r['e]sonnant. See {Resound}.] Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old --De Quincey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resonant \Res"o*nant\, a. (Elec.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: resonant adj 1: inducing resonance; "resonant frequency" 2: characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: {resonating}, {resounding}, {reverberating}, {reverberative}, {rolling}]
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