释义 |
resonance /rezˈə-nəns/ noun- Resounding
- Sonority
- The sound heard in auscultation
- Sympathetic vibration
- The ringing quality of the human voice when produced in such a way that sympathetic vibration is caused in the air-spaces in the head, chest and throat
- The state of a system in which a large vibration (is) produced by a small stimulus of approx the same frequency as that of the system (physics and electronics)
- Such a large vibration (physics and electronics)
- Increased probability of a nuclear reaction when the energy of an incident particle or photon is around a certain value appropriate to the energy level of the compound nucleus
- A property of certain compounds, in which the most stable state of the molecule is a combination of theoretically possible bond arrangements or distributions of electrons (chem)
- The complex of bodily responses to an emotional state, or of emotional responses to a situation
ORIGIN: L resonāre, -ātum, from re- back, and sonāre to sound resˈonant adjective - Resounding, ringing
- Of giving its characteristic vibration in sympathy with another body's vibration
resˈonantly adverb resˈonate intransitive verb - To resound
- To vibrate sympathetically
resˈonātor noun A resonating body or device, such as for increasing sonority or for analysing sound resˈonance-box noun A chamber in a musical instrument for increasing its sonority by vibration in sympathy with the strings |