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Webster 1913 Edition

Resonant

Res′o-nant

(-nant)
,
Adj.
[L.
resonans
, p. pr. of
resonare
to resound: cf. F.
résonnant
. See
Resound
.]
1.
Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.
Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were
resonant
with female parties of young and old.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resonant

RES'ONANT

,
Adj.
[L. resonans; re and sono, to sound.] Resounding; returning sound; echoing back.

Definition 2024

resonant

resonant

English

Adjective

resonant ‎(comparative more resonant, superlative most resonant)

  1. Resounding, echoing.
    From across the valley came the resonant sound of a distant church bell.
  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.

Translations

Noun

resonant ‎(plural resonants)

  1. A sonorant vowel or consonant.

Latin

Verb

resonant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of resonō

Etymology

Latin resonare ‎(“to resound”)

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