RESONANT


Meaning of RESONANT in English

— resonantly , adv.

/rez"euh neuhnt/ , adj.

1. resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.

2. deep and full of resonance: a resonant voice.

3. pertaining to resonance.

4. producing resonance; causing amplification or sustention of sound.

5. pertaining to a system in a state of resonance, esp. with respect to sound.

n.

6. Phonet. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, /m, ng, n, l, r, y, w/ .

[ 1585-95; resonant- (s. of resonans ), prp. of resonare to RESOUND; see -ANT ]

Syn. 2. rich, vibrant, sonorant, reverberant.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .