resonance
noun
the state or quality of being resonant.
resonances
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pluralof resonance.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In a press release, the track was described as "a tender country song detailing broken family ties, that holds wider resonances".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
When the incoming laser matched the material's natural resonances, the usual SHG pattern became distorted, revealing that the atoms were shifting.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025
Though the timeline for “Train Dreams” is limited mainly to the first half of the 20th century leading into the 1960s, there are contemporary resonances to the film that are hard to miss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
Part of the enduring power of Vasari’s rinascita might derive from the mystical resonances within the word.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
What this technique does is eke out as many as possible of the sympathetic resonances, or harmonics, latent in the reverberating strings, thus imitating the natural harmonics found in plucked strings and struck metal bars.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
