Borrowed fromFrenchrésonnant orLatinresonāre(“to resound”).
resonant (comparativemoreresonant,superlativemostresonant)
- Resounding,echoing.
From across the valley came theresonant sound of a distant church bell.
strike aresonant note
2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, inCNN[1]:“Cheops gave us thisresonant configuration that allowed us to predict all the other periods. Without that detection from Cheops, it would have been impossible,” Luque said.
- (electricity, of acircuit) Adjusted as to dimensions so thatcurrents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
resonant (pluralresonants)
- (phonetics) Asonorantvowel orconsonant.
- Synonym:sonorant
- (Indo-European studies) Any of theProto-Indo-European consonants*l,*m,*n,*r,*w (*u̯), and*y (*i̯) or its descendants in anIndo-European language, capable ofsyllabic pronunciation in thezero grade and represented by thecover symbol ⟨R⟩ in structural notation.
- Unlike in broader linguistics, Indo-European resonants exclude thevowels (symbol: ⟨V⟩)*e,*o, [*a], and, depending on context,*i and*u, despite these latter being the syllabic forms of*y and*w respectively. There are two classes of resonants, theliquids (⟨L⟩ =*l,*r) and thenasals (⟨N⟩ =*n,*m).
resonant
- third-personpluralpresentactiveindicative ofresonō
