Resonance - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Resonance :  (noun)
1: an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
2: 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
3: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy]
4: relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people [syn: rapport]
5: the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities

Based on WordNet 2.0

Resonance : \Res"o*nance\ (r?z"?-nans), n. [Cf. F. r['e]sonance, L. resonantia an echo.] 1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

2. (Acoustics) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.

Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs.

Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Resonance : \Res"o*nance\, n. An electric phenomenon corresponding to that of acoustic resonance, due to the existance of certain relations of the capacity, inductance, resistance, and frequency of an alternating circuit.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Resonance :  The concept in which two or more equivalent dot formulas for the same arrangement of atoms (resonance structures) are necessary to describe the bonding in a molecule or ion.

Based on the Online Chemistry Dictionary [Chemistry]:

Resonance :  what happens

Based on the Online Chemistry Dictionary [Chemistry]:

Resonance :  The concept in which two or more equivalent dot formulas for the same arrangement of atoms (resonance structures) are necessary to describe the bonding in a molecule or ion.

Based on the Online Chemistry Dictionary [Chemistry]:

Resonance :  what happens

Based on the Online Chemistry Dictionary [Chemistry]:
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