resonantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈrɛzənənt/,

/ˈrɛzn̩ənt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛzənənt/,

/ˈrɛzn̩ənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin resonant-, resonāns, resonāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin resonant-, resonāns that sends back a sound, echoing, use as adjective of present participle of resonāre resonate v. In sense A. 2b after French résonnant (1879 (in the passage translated in quot. 1879 at sense A. 2b) or earlier in this specific use; 1538 in Middle French as †resonnant in general sense ‘resounding’). Compare Catalan ressonant (c1490), Spanish resonante (c1453), Portuguese ressonante (1589 as †resonante ), Italian risonante (a1337 as †resonante ). Compare earlier resounding adj.In specific scientific uses relating to resonance (see senses A. 1a, A. 3) after the corresponding senses of resonance n. With sense A. 1b compare slightly later resonance n. 7.

A. adj.

a. Of an object, room, etc.: causing reinforcement or prolongation of sound, esp. by synchronous vibration.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective]

loudc897

shillOE

brightOE

shillinga1225

soundingc1374

ringingc1400

sonore?c1400

resoundingc1425

sonousc1429

resoundable?c1500

soundish1530

high-sounding1560

singing1565

resonant1572

trolling1581

rumbelow1582

sonorous1611

canorous1646

remugient1660

retentive1728

fullish1770

pealing1794

resonating1845

plangent1858

resonatory1880

timbrous1929

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > of places

resonant1572

sonorous1701

1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Resounding, resonant, or giuing sounde.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 9 ^v The inner part of the head, in the which is made that noble Laberinthe, resonant to the reflectyng ayre of euery noyse.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 770 Among solid bodies, gold and stone..have a very small and feeble sound, that will be heard any way, and that little which they doe render, is soone gone: contrariwise, brasse is verie vocall, resonant.

1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion vii. 87 The peculiar kind of tremulous motion into which the parts of the resonant body are put.

1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 129 In the case of a resonant passage, the air is not prevented from becoming sonorous by the liberty of lateral motion.

1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 98 The resonant steam-eagles Follow far on the direction of her..hand.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. iii. 81 Mounted thus upon their resonant cases, you hear them loudly sounding the same musical note.

1952 R. M. Berndt Djanggawul 310 Two sticks of resonant wood clapped together by a singing man, while another man blows on the drone pipe.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 Sept. d5/3 Wooden xylophones..made from the highly resonant wood of the slow-growing sneezewort tree.

b. Art. Of colour: enhanced or enriched, esp. as a result of proximity to a contrasting colour or colours.

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the world > matter > colour > colour relationships > [adjective] > enhancing

resonant1887

1887 Portfolio 18 233/2 His painting has ever become slighter, higher in tone and less full and resonant in colour.

1930 Times 25 Nov. 12/5 The colour is fairly dark, if resonant and his palette is restricted.

1968 Metrop. Mus. Jrnl. 1 139/2 An illustration of a Biblical episode, dramatic in content and painted in resonant red and green tones.

1999 D. Norman Siena & Virgin iv. 81 The resonant colours of her ultramarine mantle and crimson robe.

a. Of a sound: echoing, resounding, rich; continuing to sound or ring. Also figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > of sounds

resonant1592

sonorous1632

vocal1667

sepulchral1796

round1832

1592 R. Cosin Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation Pref. sig. B An heape of earnest and resonant, but vndigested wordes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 563 His volant touch..Fled and pursu'd transverse the resonant fugue.

1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits v. 201 A most resonant Voice was aptly giv'n her [sc. Juno].

1750 L. Chambaud Gram. French Tongue i. i. 25 The diphthong ai..is more or less resonant in a word, according to the consonants that follow it.

1842 E. B. Browning Bk. Poets in Athenæum 559/3 Massinger's more resonant majesty.

1860 W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian? 105 The clear dignity of its resonant expression [is] becoming a feeble whisper.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. iv. 44 Although he had never made the gallery of the Union tremble with resonant eloquence.

1926 O. Schreiner From Man to Man 49 A very handsome bird with resonant call notes of great beauty.

1962 O. Manning Spoilt City x. 121 Clarence's voice came rich, resonant and magnanimous from the depths of his chair.

2003 Sing Out! Fall 134/2 A kind of drum that gives a nice low but resonant thump, like a heartbeat.

b. Phonetics. Of a consonantal sound: produced by the frictionless passage of breath through the vocal tract. Cf. sense B.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > sonant

resonant1879

sonantal1888

1860 Bibliotheca Sacra Oct. 847 Ng may be accordingly analyzed, as a gutteral nasal..; and as a palatal or resonant nasal.]

1879 J. P. Cassells tr. B. Lœwenberg in Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 24 ii. 1102 The labial explosive letter ‘b’ comes to replace the labial resonant letter [Fr. lettre linguale résonnante] ‘m’.

1928 Rev. Eng. Stud. 4 496 Suffixablaut before resonant consonants in Anglo-Saxon has been treated by H. Weyhe..with regard to l only.

1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics vii. 144 The sonorants are nonvocoid resonants and comprise the lateral resonant orals and resonant nasals (e.g. [m], [n], and [l]).

1994 J. Laver Princ. Phonetics v. 138 A familiar example of a segment made with a double articulation is the resonant segment [w], in the English word wet.

a. Resulting from or caused by acoustic or mechanical resonance (resonance n. 1a, 4a).

ΚΠ

1799 W. Nicholson tr. J. B. Venturi Exper. Enq. Lateral Communication of Motion in Fluids xii. 64 I call those resonant vibrations, which take place in a tube when sound is excited; and I call those propagated vibrations, or pulsations, which transmit the sound through the atmosphere.

1854 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 144 13 Resonant vibrations excited in the medium..are about a major or minor third lower in pitch.

1873 S. Taylor Sound & Music (1896) 80 A column of air is easily set in resonant vibration by a note of suitable pitch.

1913 H. S. Allen Photo-electricity xi. 148 The electrons are set in resonant vibration by the incident light.

1936 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 155 502 Care also was needed..to avoid resonant oscillations in the suspensions.

2003 I. Smith in S. Thelandersson & H. J. Larsen Timber Engin. xiv. 264/1 Coincidence of forcing and response frequencies causes resonant vibration.

b. Involving electrical resonance (resonance n. 6); exhibiting or bringing about such resonance.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [adjective] > involving or causing resonance

resonant1888

1888 Electrician 28 Sept. 663/2 Drawing the micrometer terminals so far apart that sparks can only be made to pass by means of resonant action.

1894 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 148 383 For every harmonic of the inducing current we shall have a harmonic electromotive force of the same frequency in the resonant circuit.

1947 R. Lee Electronic Transformers & Circuits vii. 192 The heights of resonant peaks..depend upon circuit Q and coefficient of coupling.

1964 R. F. Ficchi Electr. Interference v. 56 The isolation offered by the turns eliminates resonant effects.

2002 Computer Music Jan. 7/1 An eclectic suite of essential plug-in effects from Thelotron, including stereo delay, reverb.., resonant filter and more.

c. Physics and Chemistry. Involving or exhibiting chemical, magnetic, nuclear, or some other kind of resonance (resonance n. 4, 5).

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to resonance of any kind

resonating1845

resonance stabilization1937

resonant1944

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [adjective] > types of vibration

normal1867

resonant1944

resonating1974

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > [adjective] > relating to resonance

unsharp1611

resonant1944

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > action of dispersing particles > [adjective] > relating to resonance scattering

unsharp1611

resonant1944

the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > electron spin > [adjective] > relating to resonance

resonant1976

1944 L. F. Fieser & M. Fieser Org. Chem. xx. 523 Results of the ozonization experiments cited above accord with the concept of two resonant Kekulé forms contributing in an equal extent to the structure.

1960 Dicke & Wittke Introd. Quantum Mech. xvi. 291 When the energy of the incoming particles corresponds to such a state, a resonant condition is said to occur, in which the scattering cross-section is markedly greater than for nonresonant energies.

1965 Physics Lett. 14 159/1 The enhancement observed [in pion-nucleon interaction] need not necessarily be identified with a resonant state.

1976 Chem. Physics Lett. 41 292/1 The resonant electronic transition is the axial d_z² ← d_z² transition at 17450 cm^—1.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 Sept. d4/5 Her calculations indicated that Neptune would effectively snowplow smaller objects into resonant orbits.

a. Resounding or echoing with sound.

ΚΠ

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama 162 In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 194 As the Greek and Roman music passed away, the sombre groves of ancient Germany became resonant with sound.

1905 E. C. W. Grey St. Giles's of Lepers ii. i. 106 The air is bright with flaring lights and resonant with voices.

1986 R. Wells tr. Virgil in Sel. Poems vii. 81 The pathless thickets are resonant with birdsong.

b. Filled or imbued with; strongly suggestive or reminiscent of a particular thing.

ΚΠ

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 104 Fertile vallies, resonant with bliss.

1858 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. July 142 Minnesota..we know thee well, and thy name comes to us resonant with many a privation and wild adventure.

1905 Outlook 29 July 835/1 The book is pervaded by the idealistic spirit and resonant with hope and faith.

1960 C. M. Leslie Now we are Civilized i. 8 These exchanges..were resonant with ethical and sentimental meanings.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Oct. ii. 89/2 The eerie magic of those Russian folk tales—resonant with luminous green dragons, wood sprites and witches.

1999 enRoute Sept. 70/1 It acquired a new look and a name resonant with Hollywood glamour.

B. n.

Phonetics. A consonantal sound produced by the frictionless passage of breath through the vocal tract; (in early use) spec. a nasal consonant.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant

resonant1845

sonant1888

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > nasal

nasal1669

naso-guttural1669

resonant1845

1845 S. P. Andrews & A. F. Boyle Compl. Phonographic Class-bk. 28 The resonants or nasals combine, in their formation, the character of the abrupts and liquids.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 63 The result is the class of nasals (or ‘resonants’), m, n, and ng (as in singing).

1948 W. F. Twaddell in Language 24 141 /i/ before resonants was at best very rare.

1970 B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. ix. 406 The third sub-system consists of resonants, i.e. sounds which may or may not have syllabic function (thus corresponding to approximants, liquids and nasals in PE [= Present-day English]).

1994 J. Laver Princ. Phonetics xii. 365 An oral stop followed by a full fricative followed by a resonant.

Compounds

resonant cavity n. an enclosed space within which resonance occurs; spec. = resonator n. 3b.

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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radar apparatus > cavity resonator

resonant cavity1831

cavity resonator1936

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > effect of equal currents > device displaying

resonant cavity1831

resonator1883

1831 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 2 228 The laws of these resonant cavities have occupied the attention of Savart.

1918 E. B. Gleason Man. Dis. Nose, Throat, & Ear (ed. 4) 263 It may be nasal..growths that render the use of the nose as a resonant cavity impossible.

1945 Nature 15 Sept. 323/1 Dr. J. T. Randall applied the resonant-cavity technique to the relatively ineffective magnetron of pre-war days, and made of it a radically new and immensely powerful device.

1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiii. 884/2 A fancier version of tunable oscillator for gigahertz frequencies uses a yttrium/iron/garnet (YIG) sphere as a magnetically tunable resonant cavity.

resonant frequency n. Physics a frequency at which resonance (of any kind) takes place.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [noun] > frequency > specific frequencies

high frequency1842

natural frequency1873

resonant frequency1897

resonance frequency1898

low frequency1928

modulation frequency1930

quench frequency1938

gyrofrequency1941

Nyquist frequency1963

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > vibration or oscillation > frequency > resonance > frequency

resonant frequency1897

1897 L. Bell Electric Power Transmission x. 393 When the [electrical] oscillations are strongly damped by the presence of iron, the total resonant rise is considerably diminished, but it varies less rapidly as the resonant frequency is departed from.

1934 J. P. Den Hartog Mech. Vibrations ii. 52 The forced frequency coincides exactly with the natural frequency... This important phenomenon is known as ‘resonance’, and the natural frequency is sometimes called also the ‘resonant frequency’.

2001 S. Hawking Universe in Nutshell ii. 52 (caption) Just like the strings on a violin, the strings in string theory support certain vibrational patterns, or resonant frequencies, whose wavelengths fit precisely between the two ends.

resonant scattering n. Physics = resonance scattering n. at resonance n. Compounds 2.

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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > action of dispersing particles > [noun] > elastic scattering

resonance scattering1922

Rutherford scattering1922

elastic scattering1933

potential scattering1937

resonant scattering1948

1948 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 192 125 The presence of this excited state leads to resonant scattering of the incident neutrons.

2006 Nature 27 Apr. 1145/1 The effect of a largely neutral intergalactic medium..is to further attenuate the light from this early luminous population. It does this through absorption and resonant scattering by intervening hydrogen gas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	resonant
释义	resonantadj.n. Brit. /ˈrɛzənənt/, /ˈrɛzn̩ənt/, U.S. /ˈrɛzənənt/, /ˈrɛzn̩ənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin resonant-, resonāns, resonāre. Etymology: < classical Latin resonant-, resonāns that sends back a sound, echoing, use as adjective of present participle of resonāre resonate v. In sense A. 2b after French résonnant (1879 (in the passage translated in quot. 1879 at sense A. 2b) or earlier in this specific use; 1538 in Middle French as †resonnant in general sense ‘resounding’). Compare Catalan ressonant (c1490), Spanish resonante (c1453), Portuguese ressonante (1589 as †resonante ), Italian risonante (a1337 as †resonante ). Compare earlier resounding adj.In specific scientific uses relating to resonance (see senses A. 1a, A. 3) after the corresponding senses of resonance n. With sense A. 1b compare slightly later resonance n. 7. A. adj. 1. a. Of an object, room, etc.: causing reinforcement or prolongation of sound, esp. by synchronous vibration. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] loudc897 shillOE brightOE shillinga1225 soundingc1374 ringingc1400 sonore?c1400 resoundingc1425 sonousc1429 resoundable?c1500 soundish1530 high-sounding1560 singing1565 resonant1572 trolling1581 rumbelow1582 sonorous1611 canorous1646 remugient1660 retentive1728 fullish1770 pealing1794 resonating1845 plangent1858 resonatory1880 timbrous1929 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > of places resonant1572 sonorous1701 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Resounding, resonant, or giuing sounde. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 9 ^v The inner part of the head, in the which is made that noble Laberinthe, resonant to the reflectyng ayre of euery noyse. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 770 Among solid bodies, gold and stone..have a very small and feeble sound, that will be heard any way, and that little which they doe render, is soone gone: contrariwise, brasse is verie vocall, resonant. 1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion vii. 87 The peculiar kind of tremulous motion into which the parts of the resonant body are put. 1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 129 In the case of a resonant passage, the air is not prevented from becoming sonorous by the liberty of lateral motion. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 98 The resonant steam-eagles Follow far on the direction of her..hand. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. iii. 81 Mounted thus upon their resonant cases, you hear them loudly sounding the same musical note. 1952 R. M. Berndt Djanggawul 310 Two sticks of resonant wood clapped together by a singing man, while another man blows on the drone pipe. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 24 Sept. d5/3 Wooden xylophones..made from the highly resonant wood of the slow-growing sneezewort tree. b. Art. Of colour: enhanced or enriched, esp. as a result of proximity to a contrasting colour or colours. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colour relationships > [adjective] > enhancing resonant1887 1887 Portfolio 18 233/2 His painting has ever become slighter, higher in tone and less full and resonant in colour. 1930 Times 25 Nov. 12/5 The colour is fairly dark, if resonant and his palette is restricted. 1968 Metrop. Mus. Jrnl. 1 139/2 An illustration of a Biblical episode, dramatic in content and painted in resonant red and green tones. 1999 D. Norman Siena & Virgin iv. 81 The resonant colours of her ultramarine mantle and crimson robe. 2. a. Of a sound: echoing, resounding, rich; continuing to sound or ring. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > of sounds resonant1592 sonorous1632 vocal1667 sepulchral1796 round1832 1592 R. Cosin Conspiracie for Pretended Reformation Pref. sig. B An heape of earnest and resonant, but vndigested wordes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 563 His volant touch..Fled and pursu'd transverse the resonant fugue. View more context for this quotation 1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits v. 201 A most resonant Voice was aptly giv'n her [sc. Juno]. 1750 L. Chambaud Gram. French Tongue i. i. 25 The diphthong ai..is more or less resonant in a word, according to the consonants that follow it. 1842 E. B. Browning Bk. Poets in Athenæum 559/3 Massinger's more resonant majesty. 1860 W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian? 105 The clear dignity of its resonant expression [is] becoming a feeble whisper. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. iv. 44 Although he had never made the gallery of the Union tremble with resonant eloquence. 1926 O. Schreiner From Man to Man 49 A very handsome bird with resonant call notes of great beauty. 1962 O. Manning Spoilt City x. 121 Clarence's voice came rich, resonant and magnanimous from the depths of his chair. 2003 Sing Out! Fall 134/2 A kind of drum that gives a nice low but resonant thump, like a heartbeat. b. Phonetics. Of a consonantal sound: produced by the frictionless passage of breath through the vocal tract. Cf. sense B. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > sonant resonant1879 sonantal1888 1860 Bibliotheca Sacra Oct. 847 Ng may be accordingly analyzed, as a gutteral nasal..; and as a palatal or resonant nasal.] 1879 J. P. Cassells tr. B. Lœwenberg in Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 24 ii. 1102 The labial explosive letter ‘b’ comes to replace the labial resonant letter [Fr. lettre linguale résonnante] ‘m’. 1928 Rev. Eng. Stud. 4 496 Suffixablaut before resonant consonants in Anglo-Saxon has been treated by H. Weyhe..with regard to l only. 1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics vii. 144 The sonorants are nonvocoid resonants and comprise the lateral resonant orals and resonant nasals (e.g. [m], [n], and [l]). 1994 J. Laver Princ. Phonetics v. 138 A familiar example of a segment made with a double articulation is the resonant segment [w], in the English word wet. 3. a. Resulting from or caused by acoustic or mechanical resonance (resonance n. 1a, 4a). ΚΠ 1799 W. Nicholson tr. J. B. Venturi Exper. Enq. Lateral Communication of Motion in Fluids xii. 64 I call those resonant vibrations, which take place in a tube when sound is excited; and I call those propagated vibrations, or pulsations, which transmit the sound through the atmosphere. 1854 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 144 13 Resonant vibrations excited in the medium..are about a major or minor third lower in pitch. 1873 S. Taylor Sound & Music (1896) 80 A column of air is easily set in resonant vibration by a note of suitable pitch. 1913 H. S. Allen Photo-electricity xi. 148 The electrons are set in resonant vibration by the incident light. 1936 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 155 502 Care also was needed..to avoid resonant oscillations in the suspensions. 2003 I. Smith in S. Thelandersson & H. J. Larsen Timber Engin. xiv. 264/1 Coincidence of forcing and response frequencies causes resonant vibration. b. Involving electrical resonance (resonance n. 6); exhibiting or bringing about such resonance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [adjective] > involving or causing resonance resonant1888 1888 Electrician 28 Sept. 663/2 Drawing the micrometer terminals so far apart that sparks can only be made to pass by means of resonant action. 1894 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 148 383 For every harmonic of the inducing current we shall have a harmonic electromotive force of the same frequency in the resonant circuit. 1947 R. Lee Electronic Transformers & Circuits vii. 192 The heights of resonant peaks..depend upon circuit Q and coefficient of coupling. 1964 R. F. Ficchi Electr. Interference v. 56 The isolation offered by the turns eliminates resonant effects. 2002 Computer Music Jan. 7/1 An eclectic suite of essential plug-in effects from Thelotron, including stereo delay, reverb.., resonant filter and more. c. Physics and Chemistry. Involving or exhibiting chemical, magnetic, nuclear, or some other kind of resonance (resonance n. 4, 5). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to resonance of any kind resonating1845 resonance stabilization1937 resonant1944 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [adjective] > types of vibration normal1867 resonant1944 resonating1974 the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > [adjective] > relating to resonance unsharp1611 resonant1944 the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > action of dispersing particles > [adjective] > relating to resonance scattering unsharp1611 resonant1944 the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > electron spin > [adjective] > relating to resonance resonant1976 1944 L. F. Fieser & M. Fieser Org. Chem. xx. 523 Results of the ozonization experiments cited above accord with the concept of two resonant Kekulé forms contributing in an equal extent to the structure. 1960 Dicke & Wittke Introd. Quantum Mech. xvi. 291 When the energy of the incoming particles corresponds to such a state, a resonant condition is said to occur, in which the scattering cross-section is markedly greater than for nonresonant energies. 1965 Physics Lett. 14 159/1 The enhancement observed [in pion-nucleon interaction] need not necessarily be identified with a resonant state. 1976 Chem. Physics Lett. 41 292/1 The resonant electronic transition is the axial d_z² ← d_z² transition at 17450 cm^—1. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 Sept. d4/5 Her calculations indicated that Neptune would effectively snowplow smaller objects into resonant orbits. 4. a. Resounding or echoing with sound. ΚΠ 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama 162 In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 194 As the Greek and Roman music passed away, the sombre groves of ancient Germany became resonant with sound. 1905 E. C. W. Grey St. Giles's of Lepers ii. i. 106 The air is bright with flaring lights and resonant with voices. 1986 R. Wells tr. Virgil in Sel. Poems vii. 81 The pathless thickets are resonant with birdsong. b. Filled or imbued with; strongly suggestive or reminiscent of a particular thing. ΚΠ 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 104 Fertile vallies, resonant with bliss. 1858 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. July 142 Minnesota..we know thee well, and thy name comes to us resonant with many a privation and wild adventure. 1905 Outlook 29 July 835/1 The book is pervaded by the idealistic spirit and resonant with hope and faith. 1960 C. M. Leslie Now we are Civilized i. 8 These exchanges..were resonant with ethical and sentimental meanings. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Oct. ii. 89/2 The eerie magic of those Russian folk tales—resonant with luminous green dragons, wood sprites and witches. 1999 enRoute Sept. 70/1 It acquired a new look and a name resonant with Hollywood glamour. B. n. Phonetics. A consonantal sound produced by the frictionless passage of breath through the vocal tract; (in early use) spec. a nasal consonant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant resonant1845 sonant1888 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [noun] > sonant > nasal nasal1669 naso-guttural1669 resonant1845 1845 S. P. Andrews & A. F. Boyle Compl. Phonographic Class-bk. 28 The resonants or nasals combine, in their formation, the character of the abrupts and liquids. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iv. 63 The result is the class of nasals (or ‘resonants’), m, n, and ng (as in singing). 1948 W. F. Twaddell in Language 24 141 /i/ before resonants was at best very rare. 1970 B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. ix. 406 The third sub-system consists of resonants, i.e. sounds which may or may not have syllabic function (thus corresponding to approximants, liquids and nasals in PE [= Present-day English]). 1994 J. Laver Princ. Phonetics xii. 365 An oral stop followed by a full fricative followed by a resonant. Compounds resonant cavity n. an enclosed space within which resonance occurs; spec. = resonator n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radar apparatus > cavity resonator resonant cavity1831 cavity resonator1936 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > effect of equal currents > device displaying resonant cavity1831 resonator1883 1831 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 2 228 The laws of these resonant cavities have occupied the attention of Savart. 1918 E. B. Gleason Man. Dis. Nose, Throat, & Ear (ed. 4) 263 It may be nasal..growths that render the use of the nose as a resonant cavity impossible. 1945 Nature 15 Sept. 323/1 Dr. J. T. Randall applied the resonant-cavity technique to the relatively ineffective magnetron of pre-war days, and made of it a radically new and immensely powerful device. 1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiii. 884/2 A fancier version of tunable oscillator for gigahertz frequencies uses a yttrium/iron/garnet (YIG) sphere as a magnetically tunable resonant cavity. resonant frequency n. Physics a frequency at which resonance (of any kind) takes place. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [noun] > frequency > specific frequencies high frequency1842 natural frequency1873 resonant frequency1897 resonance frequency1898 low frequency1928 modulation frequency1930 quench frequency1938 gyrofrequency1941 Nyquist frequency1963 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > vibration or oscillation > frequency > resonance > frequency resonant frequency1897 1897 L. Bell Electric Power Transmission x. 393 When the [electrical] oscillations are strongly damped by the presence of iron, the total resonant rise is considerably diminished, but it varies less rapidly as the resonant frequency is departed from. 1934 J. P. Den Hartog Mech. Vibrations ii. 52 The forced frequency coincides exactly with the natural frequency... This important phenomenon is known as ‘resonance’, and the natural frequency is sometimes called also the ‘resonant frequency’. 2001 S. Hawking Universe in Nutshell ii. 52 (caption) Just like the strings on a violin, the strings in string theory support certain vibrational patterns, or resonant frequencies, whose wavelengths fit precisely between the two ends. resonant scattering n. Physics = resonance scattering n. at resonance n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > action of dispersing particles > [noun] > elastic scattering resonance scattering1922 Rutherford scattering1922 elastic scattering1933 potential scattering1937 resonant scattering1948 1948 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 192 125 The presence of this excited state leads to resonant scattering of the incident neutrons. 2006 Nature 27 Apr. 1145/1 The effect of a largely neutral intergalactic medium..is to further attenuate the light from this early luminous population. It does this through absorption and resonant scattering by intervening hydrogen gas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1572
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