resonance

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Synonyms: resonancy, resonant, resonate, sonance, assonance, resonances, refinance, resiance, reposance, resonants

Antonyms: resonancy, resonant, resonate, sonance, assonance, resonances, refinance, resiance, reposance, resonants

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[quality#Noun|quality]] of being [[resonant]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A resonant sound, [[echo]]{{,}} or [[reverberation]], such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
3. {{lb|en|medicine}} The sound produced by a [[hollow]] body part such as the chest cavity upon [[auscultation]], especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
4. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Something that [[evoke]]s an [[association]], or a strong [[emotion]]; something that [[strike a chord|strikes a chord]].
5. {{lb|en|physics}} The [[increase]] in the [[amplitude]] of an [[oscillation]] of a [[system]] under the influence of a [[periodic]] [[force]] whose [[frequency]] is close to that of the system's [[natural]] frequency.
6. {{lb|en|nuclear physics}} A short-lived [[subatomic particle]] or state of [[atomic]] [[excitation]] that results from the [[collision]] of atomic [[particle]]s.
7. An increase in the [[strength]] or [[duration]] of a [[musical]] [[tone]] produced by [[sympathetic vibration]].
8. {{lb|en|chemistry}} The property of a [[compound]] that can be visualized as having two [[structure]]s differing only in the distribution of [[electron]]s.
9. {{lb|en|astronomy}} An influence of the [[gravitational]] [[force]]s of one [[orbit]]ing object on the orbit of another, causing [[periodic]] [[perturbation]]s.
10. {{lb|en|electronics}} The condition where the [[inductive]] and [[capacitive]] [[reactance]]s have equal [[magnitude]].
11. {{lb|en|sociology}} A quality of human relationship with the world.

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