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Resonance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An electric phenomenon corresponding to that of acoustic resonance, due to the existance of certain relations of the capacity, inductance, resistance, and frequency of an alternating circuit.

(2):

(n.) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments.

(3):

(n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Resonance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/resonance.html. 1828.