resonance

== English == === Etymology === From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“to resound”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛzənəns/ === Noun === resonance (countable and uncountable, plural resonances) (uncountable) The quality of being resonant. Synonym: resound (countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle. (medicine) The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking. (figuratively) Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord. emotional resonance (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. (nuclear physics) A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles. An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration. (chemistry) The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons. Synonym: mesomerism (astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations. (electronics) The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude. (sociology) A quality of human relationship with the world. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== resonate resonator resonant ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === resonance on Wikiversity.Wikiversity resonance (particle physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia resonance (chemistry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia orbital resonance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia resonance (sociology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === noncrease == Old French == === Etymology 1 === Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“to resound”). ==== Noun ==== resonance oblique singular, f (oblique plural resonances, nominative singular resonance, nominative plural resonances) resonance === Etymology 2 === resoner (“to reason”) +‎ -ance. ==== Noun ==== resonance oblique singular, f (oblique plural resonances, nominative singular resonance, nominative plural resonances) reason (logic, thinking behind an idea or concept) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “resonance”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.