Resonant
adjective
Having a deep, clear, and continuing sound.
The hall was filled with resonant echoes.
Often appears as...
- resonant voice
- resonant echoes
adjective
Able to evoke or suggest enduring images, memories, or emotions.
The resonant symbolism of the event was clear to everyone.
Often appears as...
- resonant symbolism
- resonant analogy
adjective
(Physics) Amplifying or enhancing a sound especially by sympathetic vibration.
Resonant frequencies can damage structures.
Often appears as...
- resonant frequencies
- resonant cavity
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Having a deep, clear, and continuing sound.
The hall was filled with resonant echoes.
Often appears as...
- resonant voice
- resonant echoes
adjective
Able to evoke or suggest enduring images, memories, or emotions.
The resonant symbolism of the event was clear to everyone.
Often appears as...
- resonant symbolism
- resonant analogy
adjective
(Physics) Amplifying or enhancing a sound especially by sympathetic vibration.
Resonant frequencies can damage structures.
Often appears as...
- resonant frequencies
- resonant cavity
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Auditory Imagery
Resonant sounds create vivid auditory imagery, enhancing descriptions in storytelling or poetry.
The poet described the forest as 'filled with the resonant calls of owls'.
Pro Tip 2/3Amplify Emotion
Resonant can describe a voice or sound that feels emotionally powerful or moving.
Her resonant singing voice captivated the entire audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Empty Spaces
The term is often used to describe sounds in large, empty or hollow spaces where echoes are notable.
The abandoned warehouse was eerily quiet except for the resonant drip of water.
Pro Tip 1/3Auditory Imagery
Resonant sounds create vivid auditory imagery, enhancing descriptions in storytelling or poetry.
The poet described the forest as 'filled with the resonant calls of owls'.
Pro Tip 2/3Amplify Emotion
Resonant can describe a voice or sound that feels emotionally powerful or moving.
Her resonant singing voice captivated the entire audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Empty Spaces
The term is often used to describe sounds in large, empty or hollow spaces where echoes are notable.
The abandoned warehouse was eerily quiet except for the resonant drip of water.
Pro Tip 1/3Auditory Imagery
Resonant sounds create vivid auditory imagery, enhancing descriptions in storytelling or poetry.
The poet described the forest as 'filled with the resonant calls of owls'.
Pro Tip 2/3Amplify Emotion
Resonant can describe a voice or sound that feels emotionally powerful or moving.
Her resonant singing voice captivated the entire audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Empty Spaces
The term is often used to describe sounds in large, empty or hollow spaces where echoes are notable.
The abandoned warehouse was eerily quiet except for the resonant drip of water.
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Naif Al-Mutawa:...
And people came up and picked up the culturally resonant image of the falafel, ate it and, you know, talked and left. And no two people could disagree about what the word free was and what the word falafel was, behind us, "free falafel." You know. Or so we thought, until a woman came rushing across the campus
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Insightful human...
it's a product of our age, it's something that's really important to think of as something that's very "now." And that's true. But there is an art form that's been around for a very long time that's really about using information, abstract information, to make emotionally resonant pieces.
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Lifesaving scientific...
it starts to spin. Now, when you realize, when you do the math, when we calculate the rpm for this object, mathematically, we should be able to go all the way to a million rpm. Now, there is a little twist in human anatomy, because the resonant frequency of this object is about 10 hertz,
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Behind the Scenes of...
has so much historical accuracy we did research on how a tomb would look how sarcophagus would look every single texture and every single thing was so authentic that's resonant through the entire series as an actor it really keeps you in the world amazing thought has gone into creating
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Love, no matter what PIPE...
Then a friend of a friend of mine had a daughter who was a dwarf. And when her daughter was born, she suddenly found herself confronting questions that now began to seem quite resonant to me. She was facing the question of what to do with this child.
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What does the universe...
global oceans -- and several of them have thick atmospheres, so it's the right place to look for potential life. But there's something even more exciting about this system, especially for me. And that's that TRAPPIST-1 is a resonant chain.
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Can you outsmart this...
the more resonant details are added to an outlandish story, the more plausible it begins to seem. But ultimately, the likelihood a story is true can never be greater than the probability that its least likely component is true.
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A Deer Migration You...
the red desert of wyoming and the study was intended to just document the movement and distribution patterns of what we thought was a non-migratory or resonant herd in the desert but to my surprise and everybody else's
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How forgiveness can...
The rhetoric of innocence is resonant when we talk about child soldiers, but not when we talk about teen gang members in the United States. Yet in both settings, youth are caught in worlds that are made by adults,
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Poverty isn't a lack of...
Now, those words are every bit as resonant today. The big question is, of What can be done? Modern economists have a few solutions up their sleeves. We could help the poor with their paperwork
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Naif Al-Mutawa:...
And people came up and picked up the culturally resonant image of the falafel, ate it and, you know, talked and left. And no two people could disagree about what the word free was and what the word falafel was, behind us, "free falafel." You know. Or so we thought, until a woman came rushing across the campus
Video examples
Insightful human...
it's a product of our age, it's something that's really important to think of as something that's very "now." And that's true. But there is an art form that's been around for a very long time that's really about using information, abstract information, to make emotionally resonant pieces.
Video examples
Lifesaving scientific...
it starts to spin. Now, when you realize, when you do the math, when we calculate the rpm for this object, mathematically, we should be able to go all the way to a million rpm. Now, there is a little twist in human anatomy, because the resonant frequency of this object is about 10 hertz,
Video examples
Behind the Scenes of...
has so much historical accuracy we did research on how a tomb would look how sarcophagus would look every single texture and every single thing was so authentic that's resonant through the entire series as an actor it really keeps you in the world amazing thought has gone into creating
Video examples
Love, no matter what PIPE...
Then a friend of a friend of mine had a daughter who was a dwarf. And when her daughter was born, she suddenly found herself confronting questions that now began to seem quite resonant to me. She was facing the question of what to do with this child.
Video examples
What does the universe...
global oceans -- and several of them have thick atmospheres, so it's the right place to look for potential life. But there's something even more exciting about this system, especially for me. And that's that TRAPPIST-1 is a resonant chain.
Video examples
Can you outsmart this...
the more resonant details are added to an outlandish story, the more plausible it begins to seem. But ultimately, the likelihood a story is true can never be greater than the probability that its least likely component is true.
Video examples
A Deer Migration You...
the red desert of wyoming and the study was intended to just document the movement and distribution patterns of what we thought was a non-migratory or resonant herd in the desert but to my surprise and everybody else's
Video examples
How forgiveness can...
The rhetoric of innocence is resonant when we talk about child soldiers, but not when we talk about teen gang members in the United States. Yet in both settings, youth are caught in worlds that are made by adults,
Video examples
Poverty isn't a lack of...
Now, those words are every bit as resonant today. The big question is, of What can be done? Modern economists have a few solutions up their sleeves. We could help the poor with their paperwork
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Jenny Holzer
American Artist
Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious things. By going really far afield into a completely fake world, maybe there's a chance to make things resonant somehow - or in this case, truly terrifying. To make it as bad as the real stuff that's happening.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
For me, fragrances are very - one of these beautiful art forms that bring about a whole host of things. It's what you want to smell like, it's memories that make you smile or are resonant of times in your life, it can remind you of music. If you're a lover of scent, it's a very kind of particular and evocative thing.
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Sean Scully
American Artist
I think that I make chords when I paint, so I think you would be listening to the cello. It's deep, and it's resonant. A lot of people have compared me to Brahms - that slightly melancholic sensuality that's highly structured. Well, that describes my work right there.
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Andrew Lincoln
English Actor
In western culture, we have ignored death. We're running the other way - everything is about life and youth. So, there's something resonant about walking around with our own death masks. Zombies are the visible embodiment of death staring at us with our own faces.
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Marianne Elliott
British Director
If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work that speaks to your audience in many resonant ways. The priority is less about the financial rewards.
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Molly Antopol
American Writer
One of the things I admire about longer stories is the way writers can work with dead time and slower, more idle moments - not only can they feel expansive, they feel lived-in; the unhurried pacing often makes the endings even more resonant and surprising for me.
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Susanna Fogel
American Director
So many of my favorite stories, in any medium, are about friendship. Those relationships are so often just as emotional and complex as any romantic or family dynamics, and yet there's a dearth of resonant, grounded films about platonic bonds in American films.
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Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese Writer
Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the forms of this mystery genre. That's what we shoot for.
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Jennifer Hyman
American Businesswoman
If your work isn't mission-driven or emotionally resonant to you, it will be very hard to maintain passion and focus over a long period of time, which is critical in entrepreneurship.
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Jenny Holzer
American Artist
Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious things. By going really far afield into a completely fake world, maybe there's a chance to make things resonant somehow - or in this case, truly terrifying. To make it as bad as the real stuff that's happening.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
For me, fragrances are very - one of these beautiful art forms that bring about a whole host of things. It's what you want to smell like, it's memories that make you smile or are resonant of times in your life, it can remind you of music. If you're a lover of scent, it's a very kind of particular and evocative thing.
Quote examples
Sean Scully
American Artist
I think that I make chords when I paint, so I think you would be listening to the cello. It's deep, and it's resonant. A lot of people have compared me to Brahms - that slightly melancholic sensuality that's highly structured. Well, that describes my work right there.
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Andrew Lincoln
English Actor
In western culture, we have ignored death. We're running the other way - everything is about life and youth. So, there's something resonant about walking around with our own death masks. Zombies are the visible embodiment of death staring at us with our own faces.
Quote examples
Marianne Elliott
British Director
If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work that speaks to your audience in many resonant ways. The priority is less about the financial rewards.
Quote examples
Molly Antopol
American Writer
One of the things I admire about longer stories is the way writers can work with dead time and slower, more idle moments - not only can they feel expansive, they feel lived-in; the unhurried pacing often makes the endings even more resonant and surprising for me.
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Susanna Fogel
American Director
So many of my favorite stories, in any medium, are about friendship. Those relationships are so often just as emotional and complex as any romantic or family dynamics, and yet there's a dearth of resonant, grounded films about platonic bonds in American films.
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Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese Writer
Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born.
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Nic Pizzolatto
American Novelist
True Detective' is a densely layered work with resonant details and symbology and rich characterization under the guise of one of the forms of this mystery genre. That's what we shoot for.
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Jennifer Hyman
American Businesswoman
If your work isn't mission-driven or emotionally resonant to you, it will be very hard to maintain passion and focus over a long period of time, which is critical in entrepreneurship.
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