Resonance Meaning
/ˈɹɛzənəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality of being resonant.
nounA resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.
Sentence Examples
By using four types of metal, specific frequency resonance is suppressed.
MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, whereas CT stands for Computed Tomography.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The physics student studied how sound waves create ____ inside a closed tube.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The speech had a deep ____ with the audience, touching on themes that many had personally experienced.
Word Origin & History
From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“to resound”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
"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."
— 1912, Edith Wharton, The Reef, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company:
"But the film is largely redeemed by an unexpected emotional resonance befitting a Steven Spielberg production."
— 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2012:
"The whole recognition process has a deep colonial resonance. [title]"
— 2017 October 27, Paul Daley, “The whole recognition process has a deep colonial resonance”, in The Guardian:
"For audiences, all these shows mean a chance to revisit a story that still chimes loudly, and to see whether, as many suspect, it will have a more chilling resonance in the winter of 2022."
— 2022 November 13, Vanessa Thorpe, “‘It has added political resonance this year’: why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol still strikes a chord”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The physics student studied how sound waves create ____ inside a closed tube.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The speech had a deep ____ with the audience, touching on themes that many had personally experienced.