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resonant cavity

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noun

  1. another name for cavity resonator

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Using their funding, the team assembled a compact experimental setup centered on a resonant cavity made from highly conductive materials.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

The resonant cavity increases the local optical density of states and helps emitted light escape more efficiently.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026

When the cavity resonance matched the WS2 emission band, the light output increased by about 20 times compared to the least resonant cavity.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026

The experimental RF resonant cavity thruster, or ‘EMDrive’.

From Nature ● Mar. 20, 2018

At the sight of that resonant cavity, gaping from ear to ear and belching forth gloves, kerchiefs and minor haberdashery, the dragon laughed: his mirth took the form of a deep, guttural, honest German guffaw.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various

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