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resonator |
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
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