Definitions for resonators

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resonators res·o·na·tor

Spelling: [rez-uh-ney-ter]

IPA: /ˈrɛz əˌneɪ tər/

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

You can make 578 anagrams from letters in resonators (aenoorrsst).

Definitions for resonators

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 resonators

First recorded in 1865-70; resonate + -or²

Examples for resonators

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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