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Meaning:
Noun:
- An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.
- A resonant sound, echo
- chemistry The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.
- nuclear physics A short-lived subatomic particle that cannot be observed directly.
- figurative Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion.
- physics 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.
- The condition of being resonant.
Source: Wiktionary
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