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resonant

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res·o·nant  (rz-nnt)
adj.
1.
a. Strong and deep in tone; resounding: a resonant voice.
b. Having a lasting presence or effect; enduring: "Cranmer compiled the first Book of Common Prayer, writing some of the most resonant phrases in the English tongue" (Allen D. Boyer).
c. Strongly reminiscent; evocative: a monument that is resonant of the nation's past glory.
2. Producing or exhibiting resonance: resonant frequency excitation.
3. Resulting from or as if from resonance: resonant amplification.
n.
Linguistics A sonorant.

[Latin resonns, resonant-, present participle of resonre, to resound; see resound.]

reso·nant·ly adv.

resonant [ˈrɛzənənt]
adj
1. (of sound) resounding or re-echoing
2. producing or enhancing resonance, as by sympathetic vibration
3. characterized by resonance
resonantly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.resonant - characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder"
reverberant - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon"
2.resonant - serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics"
mindful, aware - bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action"

resonant
adjective
1. sonorous, full, clear, rich, ringing, booming, vibrant, full-bodied He responded with a resonant laugh.
2. echoing, filled, resounding, reverberating, reverberant a hall, resonant with the sound of violins
3. expressive, evocative, indicative, suggestive, demonstrative, allusive resonant of the style of traditional Irish music
Translations
resonant [ˈrezənənt] ADJ [sound] → resonante

resonant [ˈrɛzənənt] adj
[voice] → sonore; [room, cave] → qui résonne
(= evocative) [memories, image, speech] → évocateur/trice

resonant
adj
soundvoll; voiceklangvoll; laughschallend; roommit Resonanz; resonant with the sound of singing/a thousand voicesvon Gesang/vom Klang von tausend Stimmen erfüllt
(fig) to be resonant of somethingan etw (acc)erinnern; to be resonant with tradition/historyreich an Tradition/Geschichte sein

resonant [ˈrɛzənənt] (frm) adj (sound) → risonante; (voice) → sonoro/a, risonante
resonant [ˈrɛzənənt] (frm) adj (sound) → risonante; (voice) → sonoro/a, risonante

resonant
adj resonant [ˈrezənənt]
(of sounds) loud; echoing; easily heard. resonant رنّان، طَنّان звънлив (o)zvučný, znělý rungende widerhallend ηχηρός, που αντηχεί resonante kõlav پر طنین؛ تشدید کننده kaikuisa résonant בעל תהודה अनुनादी zvučan, koji odjekuje zengő bergema hljómmikill; endurómandi risonante 響き渡る (목소리가) 잘 울리는 skambus, skardus skanīgs resonans weergalmend som gir gjenklang; sonor donośny ressonante răsunător звучный zvučný odmeven rezonantan genljudande, klangfull ก้องกังวาน çınlayan 洪亮的 такий, що лунає گونج دار vang dội
n resonance
resonansie رَنين резонанс rezonance genklang; resonans die Resonanz αντήχηση resonancia kõlavus, resonants طنین؛ رزنانس؛ تشدید resonanssi résonance תְהוּדָה प्रतिध्वनि rezonanca, zvučnost zengés resonansi hljómur; endurómur risonanza 響き 반향, 울림 skambesys, rezonansas rezonanse, atbalss resonans weerklank gjenklang/-lyd, resonans oddźwięk ressonância rezonanţă резонанс rezonancia sozvočje rezonancija resonans, genklang ความก้อง çınlanım, rezonans 回聲 резонанс گونج tính vang rội


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The resonant, laughing voices of these gorgeous maidens scared away the multitude of humming-birds, whose delicate wings wreathed with the mist of their vibration the tops of flowering bushes.
This had become thoroughly her attitude by the time that, in my recital of the events of the night, I reached the point of what Miles had said to me when, after seeing him, at such a monstrous hour, almost on the very spot where he happened now to be, I had gone down to bring him in; choosing then, at the window, with a concentrated need of not alarming the house, rather that method than a signal more resonant.
As we approached, methought there issued from it a slight humming noise as from one of your Spaceland bluebottles, only less resonant by far, so slight indeed that even in the perfect stillness of the Vacuum through which we soared, the sound reached not our ears till we checked our flight at a distance from it of something under twenty human diagonals.
 
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