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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.

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