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RESONANCES

• RESONANCE, resounding, sonority [n]
• RESONANCE [n]
• The condition in which an object or system is subjected to an oscillating force having a frequency close to its own natural frequency
• The quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating
• The ability to evoke or suggest images, memories, and emotions
• The reinforcement or prolongation of sound by reflection from a surface or by the synchronous vibration of a neighboring object
• The condition in which an electric circuit or device produces the largest possible response to an applied oscillating signal, esp. when its inductive and its capacitative reactances are balanced
• A short-lived subatomic particle that is an excited state of a more stable particle
• The occurrence of a simple ratio between the periods of revolution of two bodies about a single primary
• The state attributed to certain molecules of having a structure that cannot adequately be represented by a single structural formula but is a composite of two or more structures of higher energy

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