Definitions for resonator

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resonator res·o·na·tor

Spelling: [rez-uh-ney-ter]

IPA: /ˈrɛz əˌneɪ tər/

Resonator is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 464 anagrams from letters in resonator (aenoorrst).

Definitions for resonator

noun

1. anything that resonates.
2. an appliance for increasing sound by resonance.
3. an instrument for detecting the presence of a particular frequency by means of resonance.
4. Electronics. a hollow enclosure (cavity resonator) made of conducting material of such dimensions that electromagnetic radiation of a certain frequency will resonate. any circuit having this frequency characteristic.

Origin of resonator

First recorded in 1865-70; resonate + -or²

Examples for resonator

The air in this resonator is highly compressed at an even or a varying pressure as the expression-stop may not be or may be drawn.

Without a resonator, which may be solid or hollow, the sound made by a reed or tense string is feeble.

To the chest as a resonator the low tones of the voice owe much of their great volume.

When the fork is struck, the ear hears the sound issuing from the resonator, not that coming direct from the fork.

The toad does not open its mouth when croaking, but expands a large sac or resonator in its throat.

A feeling of trembling in the upper chest is usually held to indicate that the chest cavity is working properly as a resonator.

The throat, mouth, and the nasal and head cavities for a resonator.

Mouth, theory of its function, 1;a resonator for the voice, 6.

This is brought out distinctly by placing the fork at a little distance from the resonator.

He also showed how they could be received at a distance by means of a ring detector, which he called a resonator.