resonant

[ rez-uh-nuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.

  2. deep and full of resonance: a resonant voice.

  1. pertaining to resonance.

  2. producing resonance; causing amplification or sustention of sound.

  3. pertaining to a system in a state of resonance, especially with respect to sound.

noun
  1. Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).

Origin of resonant

1
1585–95; <Latin resonant- (stem of resonāns), present participle of resonāre to resound; see -ant

Other words for resonant

Other words from resonant

  • res·o·nant·ly, adverb
  • hy·per·res·o·nant, adjective
  • hy·per·res·o·nant·ly, adverb
  • non·res·o·nant, adjective
  • non·res·o·nant·ly, adverb
  • un·res·o·nant, adjective
  • un·res·o·nant·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for resonant

resonant

/ (ˈrɛzənənt) /


adjective
  1. (of sound) resounding or re-echoing

  2. producing or enhancing resonance, as by sympathetic vibration

  1. characterized by resonance

Derived forms of resonant

  • resonantly, adverb

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