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res•o•nant
Pronunciation: (rez'u-nunt), [key]—
adj.
1. resounding or echoing, as sounds:
the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
2. deep and full of resonance:
a resonant voice.
3. pertaining to resonance.
4. producing resonance; causing amplification or sustention of sound.
5. pertaining to a system in a state of resonance, esp. with respect to sound.
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n.
Phonet.a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
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