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resonant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹɛzənənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonantem.

Meanings

  1. Resounding, echoing.
    • “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. 2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, in CNN:
    • strike a resonant note
    • From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell.
  2. (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.

Forms

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more resonant Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most resonant Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unresonant · pseudoresonant · antiresonant · gyroresonant · nonresonant · multiresonant · resonantly · microwave resonant cavity thruster

Synonyms

remugient · booming (resounding)

Translations (9)

ga athshondach (resounding, echoing) · es resonante (resounding, echoing) · ca ressonant (resounding, echoing) · bg резониращ (resounding, echoing) · bg ехтящ (resounding, echoing) · cmn 洪亮 (resounding, echoing) · cmn 響亮 /响亮 (resounding, echoing) · ga fuaimneach (resounding, echoing) · el αντηχητικός (resounding, echoing)

resonant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹɛzənənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonantem.

Meanings

  1. A sonorant vowel or consonant.
  2. (Indo-European-studies) A sonorant vowel or consonant. ▸ Any of the Proto-Indo-European consonants *l, *m, *n, *r, *w (*u̯), and *y (*i̯) or its descendants in an Indo-European language, capable of syllabic pronunciation in the zero grade and represented by the cover symbol ⟨R⟩ in structural notation.

Forms

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resonants Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

sonorant · sonorant