resonance
pronunciation
How to pronounce resonance in British English:
UK [ˈrezənəns]
How to pronounce resonance in American English:
US [ˈrezənəns]
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- Noun:
- an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- 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
- having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
- relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
- the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
Word Origin
- resonance (n.)
- mid-15c., in acoustics, "prolongation of sound by reverberation;" 1660s, "act of resonating;" from Middle French resonance (15c.), from Latin resonantia "echo," from resonare "to sound again" (see resound). Earlier in same sense was resonation (early 15c.).
Example
- 1. Apocryphal or not , the story has cultural resonance .
- 2. They used functional magnetic resonance imaging ( fmri ) to study this phenomenon .
- 3. That is why it has particular resonance for psychoanalysis .
- 4. Meanwhile , a magnetic resonance imaging machine recorded the patterns of activity in their brains .
- 5. The implicit memory is coded into the limbic system and the resonance gets activated .