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say it: REZ-uh-nuhns
resonance is a noun meaning "an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation". It carries 5 recorded senses.
an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for resonance come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.