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/ˈɹɛzənəns/ · res·on·ance
noun
- The quality of being resonant; the capacity to produce or be filled with deep, clear, and continuing sound. The cathedral's vaulted ceiling gave the choir's hymn a rich resonance.
- A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle. She listened to the pleasant resonance of the glass as she tapped it lightly.
- The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially while the patient is speaking. The physician noted an abnormal resonance in the patient's lungs during the examination.
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Did you know? In chemistry, 'resonance' describes a way of depicting delocalized electrons that cannot be captured by a single Lewis structure, a concept popularized by Linus Pauling in the 1930s.