resonance   (Sound)

The noun resonance has 5 senses

• resonance -- (an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation)


• resonance -- (a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system)


• plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy -- (having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant)


• rapport, resonance -- (a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people)


• resonance -- (the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities)