resonance

noun

1. The quality of being resonant.

2. A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.

3. medicineThe sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking.

4. figurativelySomething that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord.

   “emotional resonance”

5. physicsThe increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency.

6. nuclear physicsA short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles.

7. An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration.

8. chemistryThe property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons.

9. astronomyA influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.

10. electronicsThe condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude.

11. sociologyA quality of human relationship with the world.

12. An excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation

13. 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

14. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant

    Similar: plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy