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sonorous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sonorous \So*no"rous\, a. [L. sonorus, fr sonor, -oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See {Sound}.] 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as sonorous metals. 2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as a sonorous voice. 3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as the vowels are sonorous. 4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding. The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. --Addison. There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. --E. Everett. 5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as sonorous rhonchi. {Sonorous figures} (Physics), figures formed by the vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and the sand arranges itself in figures according to the musical tone. Called also {acoustic figures}. {Sonorous tumor} (Med.), a tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion. -- {So*no"rous*ly}, adv -- {So*no"rous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sonorous adj : full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" [syn: {heavy}]
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