单词 | resonancy |
释义 | resonancyn. = resonance n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] resonancea1460 reirding1535 resonancy1611 1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. A4 The sweetnesse of his notes may yeeld a delectable resonancie. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. 10 There might be a Paronomasticall Resonancy of words in his mind. 1810 J. Evans & J. Britton Beauties Eng. & Wales XI. 167 A return..is obtainable by a person speaking from the top of an adjacent hill, fronting the south side; but scarcely any resonancy is found on the eastern or northern sides of the tower. 1884 Times 2 Jan. 12/1 This last tongue draws much of it resonancy from Spanish. 1904 Bull. Pennsylvania Museum 2 5/1 It is a small goblet..of a remarkably fine quality of exceeding toughness, ringing with the resonancy of a silver bell when struck. 1972 A. T. Fry in Noise Control in Mech. Surfaces (1976) vi. 159 Such floors have natural resonancies in the region of 20Hz. 2001 D. Chalmers in S. Fredman Discrim. & Human Rights vii. 246 The prohibition is based on the resonancy a practice has for a particular community. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611 |
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