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resonance

/ˈɹɛzənəns/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The quality of being resonant.
  2. A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
  3. The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.
  4. Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion.
  5. The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.
  6. A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.

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