"resonant" meaning in English

See resonant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɛzənənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-resonant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more resonant [comparative], most resonant [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonāre (“to resound”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|résonnant}} French résonnant, {{bor|en|la|resonāre||to resound}} Latin resonāre (“to resound”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} resonant (comparative more resonant, superlative most resonant)
  1. Resounding, echoing. Synonyms (resounding): booming Translations (resounding, echoing): ехтящ (ehtjašt) (Bulgarian), резониращ (rezonirašt) (Bulgarian), ressonant (Catalan), αντηχητικός (antichitikós) (Greek), athshondach (Irish), fuaimneach (Irish), resonante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-resonant-en-adj-5nPrtoMZ Disambiguation of 'resounding': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'resounding, echoing': 98 2
  2. (electrical, of a circuit) Adjusted as to dimensions so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
    Sense id: en-resonant-en-adj-boHpkMJx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 45 46 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: remugient, sonorous Derived forms: microwave resonant cavity thruster

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛzənənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-resonant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: resonants [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French résonnant or Latin resonāre (“to resound”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|résonnant}} French résonnant, {{bor|en|la|resonāre||to resound}} Latin resonāre (“to resound”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} resonant (plural resonants)
  1. (phonetics) A sonorant vowel or consonant. Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: sonorant
    Sense id: en-resonant-en-noun-6hDK8Ov1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 45 46 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Inflected forms

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