resonance

Definition

The quality of being resonant.

Etymology

From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“I resound”).

Example Sentences

• "The leiter-wagons contained great, square boxes, with handles of thick rope; these were evidently empty by the ease with which the Slovaks handled them, and by their resonance as they were roughly moved."
• "He passed on, and the lights and cries of the station dropped away, merged in a wider haze and a hollower resonance, as the train gathered itself up with a long shake and rolled out again into the darkness."
• "emotional resonance"

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