3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resonator \Res"o*na`tor\ (-n?`t?r), n. (Acoustics)
Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form
of a cylinder open at one end or a hollow ball of brass with
two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical
tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis
of complex sounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resonator \Res"o*na`tor\, n. [NL. & G.]
Anything that resounds or resonates; specif.:
a (Teleg.) An open box for containing a sounder and
designed to concentrate and amplify the sound.
b (Elec.) Any of various apparatus for exhibiting or
utilizing the effects of resonance in connection with
open circuits, as a device having an oscillating circuit
which includes a helix of bare copper wire, a variable
number of coils of which can be connected in circuit with
a condenser and spark gap excited with an induction coil.
It is used to create high-frequency electric brush
discharges.
c (Wireless Teleg.) The antenna system and other
high-frequency circuits of a receiving apparatus.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
resonator
n 1: a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant
oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves [syn: {cavity
resonator}, {resonating chamber}]
2: an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and
inductance in such a way that a periodic electric
oscillation will reach maximum amplitude
3: any system that resonates
more about resonator
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