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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
resonant/ˈrezənənt/

▶adjective

1 (of sound) deep, clear, and continuing to sound or ring.
■ (of a room, musical instrument, or hollow body) tending to reinforce or prolong sounds, especially by synchronous vibration.

■ (resonant with) filled or resounding with (a sound).

2 having the ability to evoke enduring images, memories, or emotions.

3 (of a colour) enhancing another or others by contrast.

4 technical relating to or bringing about resonance in a circuit, atom, or other object.

– derivatives
resonantly adverb.

– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as resonance): from Fr. résonnant or L. resonant-, resonare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + sonare ‘to sound’.

'resonant' also found in these Oxford entries:

bong - boom - canorous - clang - currawong - didgeridoo - dong - eigenfrequency - gong - moo - orotund - plangent - resonance - resonate - ring - ringing - rumble

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