Resonator Definition

rĕzə-nātər
resonators
noun
resonators
A device for producing resonance or increasing sound by resonance.
Webster's New World
A resonating system.
American Heritage
A hollow chamber or cavity with dimensions chosen to permit internal resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustical waves of specific frequencies.
American Heritage
An acoustic guitar with a circular metal device of this kind, rather than the traditional wooden soundboard.
Webster's New World
An apparatus or system, as a piezoelectric crystal or a circuit, capable of being put into oscillation by oscillations in another system.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Resonator

Noun

Singular:
resonator
Plural:
resonators

Resonator Sentence Examples

  • If the harmonic corresponding to the resonator is present its tone swells out loudly.

  • Interesting results are obtained by singing the different vowels into a funnel substituted for the resonator in the figure.

  • But the same resonator will be appreciably though less affected by waves of frequency differing slightly from its own.

  • This rate of loss for each amplitude was determined (i) when the fork was vibrating alone, and (2) when a resonator was placed with its mouth under the free ends of the fork.

  • The difference in loss in the two cases measured the energy given up to and sent out by the resonator as sound.

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