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Resonance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Latin resonans.]

2. A resounding; a sound returned from the sides of a hollow instrument of music; reverberated sound or sounds.

3. A sound returned.

Resonance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.

2. 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.