resonant
adjective
- resounding or reechoing: a resonant sound
- producing resonance; increasing the intensity of sounds by sympathetic vibration: resonant walls
- full of, characterized by, or intensified by, resonance: a resonant voice, a resonant passage in a novel
- of or in resonance
See resonant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĕzˈə-nənt)
adjectivea. Strong and deep in tone; resounding: a resonant voice.
b. Having a lasting presence or effect; enduring: “Cranmer compiled the first Book of Common Prayer, writing some of the most resonant phrases in the English tongue” (Allen D. Boyer).
c. Strongly reminiscent; evocative: a monument that is resonant of the nation's past glory.
- Producing or exhibiting resonance: resonant frequency excitation.
- Resulting from or as if from resonance: resonant amplification.
noun Linguistics A sonorant.
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