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resonance

[rez-uh-nuhns] / ˈrɛz ə nəns /
NOUN
reverberation
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For Korean diaspora fans, the show carried an even deeper cultural resonance.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

As drivers ratchet up to Sport and Race modes on the manettino controller, the active exhaust valves allow more volume and breathy resonance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The projection, through its extremely high resolution and particular frequency resonance, tricked his cells into new growth.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Harbor resonance, in which the shape of a basin reinforces the water's oscillations, helped explain why neighboring ports experienced different effects.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

Closer, I could see that Vera’s face had the resonance of a former highly prized beauty.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

In a press release, the track was described as "a tender country song detailing broken family ties, that holds wider resonances".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Part of the enduring power of Vasari’s rinascita might derive from the mystical resonances within the word.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

By directly exciting pairs of magnons -- the highest-frequency magnetic resonances in a material -- they discovered a powerful new form of control.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2025

“The fragrances were created with the best technologies,” says the brand, “to evoke the profound resonances between mother nature and human nature and express our deepest emotions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025

What this technique does is eke out as many as possible of the sympathetic resonances, or harmonics, latent in the reverberating strings, thus imitating the natural harmonics found in plucked strings and struck metal bars.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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