resonance
resonance Lexical Profile
resonance Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The power to evoke enduring images, memories, and emotions, or a feeling of shared emotional significance.
"Her novel about displacement and belonging found deep emotional resonance with readers around the world."
The quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating.
"The actor's voice had a rich, baritone resonance that effortlessly filled the entire theater."
The reinforcement or prolongation of sound or other vibrations by reflection from a surface or by the synchronous vibration of a neighboring object or system (in physics and mechanics).
"Engineers carefully calculate the bridge's natural frequency to prevent structural resonance during high winds."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Middle French résonance and directly from Latin resonantia ('an echo'), derived from the verb resonare ('to sound again or resound'), combining re- ('back, again') with sonare ('to sound').