resonant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonāre (“to resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛzənənt/

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Adjective

resonant (comparative more resonant, superlative most resonant)

1. Resounding, echoing.

   From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell.

   strike a resonant note

   • 2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, in CNN‎:

     “Cheops gave us this resonant configuration that allowed us to predict all the other periods. Without that detection from Cheops, it would have been impossible,” Luque said.

2. (electrical, of a circuit) Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.

Synonyms

• (resounding): booming, remugient; see also Thesaurus:sonorous

Derived terms

• microwave resonant cavity thruster

Translations

resounding, echoing

Bulgarian: ехтящ (bg) (ehtjašt), резониращ (bg) (rezonirašt) Catalan: ressonant (ca) Greek: αντηχητικός (el) (antichitikós) Irish: athshondach, fuaimneach Spanish: resonante

Noun

resonant (plural resonants)

1. (phonetics) A sonorant vowel or consonant.

   Synonym: sonorant

Further reading

• sonorant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

resonant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of resonō