Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 50
Resist (v. t.) To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. -- Milton.
Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
God resisteth the proud. -- James iv. 6.
Contrary to his high will Whom we resist. -- Milton.
Resist (v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
Resist (v. t.) To be distasteful to. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Syn: To withstand; oppose; hinder; obstruct; counteract; check; thwart; baffle; disappoint.
Resist (v. i.) To make opposition. -- Shak.
Resist (n.) (Calico Printing) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. -- F. C. Calvert.
Resist (n.) (Technology) Something that resists or prevents a certain action; specif.: A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, or of a silicon wafer, to prevent the action on it of acid, other chemical agents, or any other process such as irradiation or deposition, which would modify the surface if not protected. The resist is usually applied or in some way formed into a pattern so that the underlying surface may be modified in a complementary pattern.
Resist (v.) Elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" [syn: defy, resist, refuse] [ant: apply, lend oneself].
Resist (v.) Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something [syn: resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm] [ant: give up, surrender].
Resist (v.) Express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" [syn: protest, resist, dissent].
Resist (v.) Withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" [syn: resist, stand, fend].
Resist (v.) Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse].
Resist (v.) Refuse to comply [syn: resist, balk, baulk, jib].
Resistance (n.) 抵抗力，反抗，耐力，反抗行動，阻力，反對，電阻 The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
When King Demetrius saw that . . . no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces. -- 1. Macc. xi. 38.
Resistance (n.) (Physics) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.
Resistance (n.) A means or method of resisting; that which resists.
Unfold to us some warlike resistance. -- Shak.
Resistance (n.) (Elec.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.
Resistance box (Elec.), A rheostat consisting of a box or case containing a number of resistance coils of standard values so arranged that they can be combined in various ways to afford more or less resistance.
Resistance coil (Elec.), A coil of wire introduced into an electric circuit to increase the resistance.
Solid of least resistance (Mech.), A solid of such a form as to experience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume.
Resistance (n.) The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: {resistance}, {opposition}].
Resistance (n.) Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion.
Resistance (n.) A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms [syn: {electric resistance}, {electrical resistance}, {impedance}, {resistance}, {resistivity}, {ohmic resistance}].
Resistance (n.) The military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance".
Resistance (n.) (Medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease [syn: {immunity}, {resistance}].
Resistance (n.) The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog".
Resistance (n.) A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force [syn: {underground}, {resistance}].
Resistance (n.) The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria).
Resistance (n.) (Psychiatry) An unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness.
Resistance (n.) An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current [syn: {resistor}, {resistance}].
Resistance (n.) Group action in opposition to those in power.
Resistance. () The opposition of force to force.
Resistance, () Resistance is either lawful or unlawful. 1. It is lawful to resist one who is in the act of committing a felony or other crime, or who maliciously endeavors to commit such felony or crime. See self defence. And a man may oppose force to force against one who endeavors to make an arrest, or to enter his house without lawful authority for the purpose; or, if in certain cases he abuse such authority, and do more than he was authorized to do; or if it turn out in the result he has no right to enter, then the party about to be imprisoned, or whose house is about to be illegally entered, may resist the illegal imprisonment or entry by self-defence, not using any dangerous weapons, and may escape, be rescued, or even break prison, and others may assist him in so doing. 5 Taunt. 765; 1 B. & Adol, 166; 1 East, P. C. 295; 5 East, 304; 1 Chit. Pr. 634. See Regular and Irregular Process.
Resistance, () Resistance is unlawful when the persons having a lawful authority to arrest, apprehend, or imprison, or otherwise to advance or execute the public justice of the country, either civil or criminal, and using the proper means for that purpose, are resisted in so doing; and if the party guilty of such resistance, or others assisting him, be killed in the struggle, such homicide is justifiable; while on the other hand, if the officer be killed, it will, at common law, be murder in those who resist. Fost. 270; 1 Hale, 457; 1 East, P. C. 305.
Resistant (a.) 抵抗的；抗……的；防……的 Making resistance; resisting.
Resistant (n.) 抵抗者；防染劑 One who, or that which, resists. -- Bp. Pearson.
Resistant (a.) Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) [syn: {immune}, {resistant}].
Resistant (a.) Able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought" [syn: {tolerant}, {resistant}].
Resistant (a.) Impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion".
Resistant (a.) Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority [syn: {insubordinate}, {resistant}, {resistive}].
Resistant (a.) Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" [syn: {repellent}, {resistant}].
Resister (n.) One who resists.
Resister (n.) Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take [syn: obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter].
Resister (n.) Someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist].
Resistful (a.) Making much resistance.
Resistibility (n.) The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.
Resistibility (n.) The quality of being resistant; resitstance.
The name "body" being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. -- Locke.
Resistible (a.) Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. -- Sir M. Hale. -- Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. -- Re*sist"i*bly, adv.
Resistible (a.) Capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated; "a resistible attack"; "such resistible temptations" [ant: irresistible, resistless].
Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. -- Re*sist"ing ly, adv.
Resistive (a.) Serving to resist. -- B. Jonsosn.
Resistive (a.) Exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance; "resistive load".
Resistive (a.) Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority [syn: insubordinate, resistant, resistive].
Resistless (a.) Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. Or R.] -- Spenser.
Resistless (a.) Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. -- Milton. -- Re*sist"less*ly, adv. -- Re*sist"less*ness, n.
Resistless (a.) Impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?" [syn: irresistible, resistless] [ant: resistible].
Resistless (a.) Offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried" -- Theodore Roosevelt [syn: resistless, supine, unresisting].
Resoluble (a.) Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. -- Boyle. -- Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.
Resolute (a.) 堅決的，剛毅的，毅然的 Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.
Edward is at hand, Ready to fight; therefore be resolute. -- Shak.
Resolute (a.) Convinced; satisfied; sure. [Obs.]
Resolute (a.) Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand. [Obs.]
Syn: Determined; decided; fixed; steadfast; steady; constant; persevering; firm; bold; unshaken.
Resolute (n.) 果斷的人 One who is resolute; hence, a desperado. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Resolute (n.) Redelivery; repayment. [Obs.] "Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments." -- Bp. Burnet.
Resolutely (adv.) In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance.
Some . . . facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. -- Swift.
Resolutely (adv.) Showing firm determination or purpose; "she resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him"; "he entered the building resolutely" [ant: irresolutely].
Resolutely (adv.) With firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively" [syn: decisively, resolutely] [ant: indecisively].
Resoluteness (n.) The quality of being resolute.
Resoluteness (n.) The trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution] [ant: irresoluteness, irresolution].
Resolution (n.) 決心；決定 [C] [+to-v]；（會議等的）正式決定，決議 [C] [+to-v] [+that] The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.
The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action. -- Dryden.
Resolution (n.) The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [Obs.]
Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
Be it with resolution then to fight. -- Shak.
Resolution (n.) That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.
Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance. [Obs.]
Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania. -- Holland.
Resolution (n.) (Math.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.
Resolution (n.) (Med.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.
Resolution (n.) (Mus.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.
Resolution (n.) (Technical) The act of distinguishing between two close but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement, between two close values of the property measured.
Resolution (n.) (Technical) A measure of the ability to distinguish between two close but not identical values of the property being measured; it is expressed as the difference in values of a property necessary to make such a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a degree. Also called resolving power.
Joint resolution. See under Joint, a.
Resolution of a force or Resolution of a motion (Mech.), The separation of a single force or motion into two or more which have different directions, and, taken together, are an equivalent for the single one; -- the opposite of composition of a force.
Resolution of a nebula (Astron.), The exhibition of it to the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be composed of small stars.
Syn: Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement; dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness; constancy; perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude; boldness; purpose; resolve. See Decision.
Resolution (n.) A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote [syn: resolution, declaration, resolve].
Resolution (n.) The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together [syn: resolving power, resolution].
Resolution (n.) The trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution] [ant: irresoluteness, irresolution].
Resolution (n.) Finding a solution to a problem [syn: resolution, solving].
Resolution (n.) Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" [syn: settlement, resolution, closure].
Resolution (n.) Analysis into clear-cut components [syn: resolution, resolving].
Resolution (n.) (Computer science) The number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture.
Resolution (n.) The subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung).
Resolution (n.) (Music) A dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord [ant: preparation].
Resolution (n.) A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent].
Resolution (n.) A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions".
Resolution, () The maximum number of pixels that can be displayed on a monitor, expressed as (number of horizontal pixels) x (number of vertical pixels), i.e., 1024x768. The ratio of horizontal to vertical resolution is usually 4:3, the same as that of conventional television sets.
Resolution, () A mechanical method for proving statements of first order logic, introduced by J. A. Robinson in 1965. Resolution is applied to two clauses in a sentence. It eliminates, by unification, a literal that occurs "positive" in one and "negative" in the other to produce a new clause, the resolvent.
For example, given the sentence:
(man(X) => mortal(X)) AND man(socrates).
The literal "man(X)" is "negative". The literal "man(socrates)" could be considered to be on the right hand side of the degenerate implication
True => man(socrates)
and is therefore "positive". The two literals can be unified by the binding X = socrates.
The truth table for the implication function is
A | B | A => B
--+---+-------
F | F | T
F | T | T
T | F | F
T | T | T
(The implication only fails if its premise is true but its conclusion is false). From this we can see that
A => B == (NOT A) OR B
Which is why the left hand side of the implication is said to be negative and the right positive. The sentence above could thus be written
((NOT man (socrates)) OR mortal(socrates))
AND
Man (socrates)
Distributing the AND over the OR gives
((NOT man(socrates)) AND man(socrates))
OR
Mortal(socrates) AND man(socrates)
And since (NOT A) AND A == False, and False OR A == A we can simplify to just
mortal(socrates) AND man(socrates)
So we have proved the new literal, mortal(socrates).
Resolution with backtracking is the basic control mechanism of Prolog.
See also modus ponens, SLD Resolution.
Resolution, () Address resolution.
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Resolution. () A solemn judgment or decision of a court. This word is frequently used in this sense, in Coke and some of the more ancient reporters. It also signifies an agreement to a law or other thing adopted by a legislature or popular assembly. Vide Dict. de Jurisp. h.t.
Resolution. () Civil law. The act by which a contract which existed and was good, is rendered null.
Resolution. () Resolution differs essentially from rescission. The former presupposes the contract to have been valid, and it is owing to a cause posterior to the agreement that the resolution takes place; while rescission, on the contrary, supposes that some vice or defect annulled the contract from the beginning. Resolution may be by consent of the parties or by the decision of a competent tribunal; rescission must always be by the judgment of a court. 7 Troplong, de la Vente, n. 689; 7 Toull. 551; Dall. Dict. h.t.
Resolutioner (n.) One who makes a
resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution;
specifically, one of a party in the
He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. -- Sir W. Scott.
Resolutionist (n.) One who makes a resolution.
Resolutive (a.) Serving to dissolve or relax. [R.] -- Johnson.
Resolutory (a.) Resolutive. [R.]
Resolvability (n.) The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.
Resolvable (a.) Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.
Resolvable (a.) Capable of being solved; "such problems are perfectly solvable" [syn: solvable, resolvable].
Resolvable (a.) Capable of being settled or resolved; "all disputed points are potentially resolvable"; "a resolvable quarrel".
Resolvableness (n.) The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.
Resolved (imp. & p. p.) of Resolve.
Resolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resolve.
Resolve (v. t.) To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! -- Shak.
Ye immortal souls, who once were men, And now resolved to elements again. -- Dryden.
Resolve (v. t.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle. "Resolve my doubt." -- Shak.
To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile. -- Milton.
Resolve (v. t.) To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
Sir, be resolved. I must and will come. -- Beau. & Fl.
Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse? -- Pope.
In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries. -- Milton.
Resolve (v. t.) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
Resolve (v. t.) To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).
Resolve (v. t.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
Resolve (v. t.) (Math.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. -- Hutton.
Resolve (v. t.) (Med.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
Resolve (v. t.) (Mus.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
Resolve (v. t.) To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution.
Syn: To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle.
Resolve (v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
Resolve (v. i.) To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline. -- Arbuthhnot.
Resolve (v. i.) To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. [R.]
Let men resolve of that as they plaease. -- Locke.
Resolve (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.
Syn: To determine; decide; conclude; purpose.
Resolve (n.) The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution. "To give a full resolve of that which is so much
controverted." -- Milton.
Resolve (n.) That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.
Nor is your firm resolve unknown. -- Shak.
Caesar's approach has summoned us together, And Rome attends her fate from our resolves. -- Addison.
Resolve (n.) The trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution] [ant: irresoluteness, irresolution].
Resolve (n.) A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote [syn: resolution, declaration, resolve].
Resolve (v.) Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate].
Resolve (v.) Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation [syn: conclude, resolve].
Resolve (v.) Reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" [syn: purpose, resolve].
Resolve (v.) Understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" [syn: answer, resolve].
Resolve (v.) Make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?"
Resolve (v.) Find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn: resolve, solve].
Resolve (v.) Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn: dissolve, resolve, break up].
Resolved (p. p. & a.) Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich.
That makes him a resolved enemy. -- Jer. Taylor.
I am resolved she shall not settle here. -- Fielding.
Resolved (a.) Determined; "she was firmly resolved to be a doctor"; "single-minded in his determination to stop smoking" [syn: single-minded, resolved].
Resolved (a.) Explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved" [syn: solved, resolved] [ant: unresolved, unsolved].
Resolvedly (adv.) So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly. [Obs.]
Of that, and all the progress, more or less, Resolvedly more leisure shall express. -- Shak.
Resolvedly (adv.) Resolutely; decidedly; firmly. -- Grew.
Resolvedness (n.) Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution. -- Dr. H. More.
Resolvent (a.) Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
Resolvent (n.) That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.
Resolvent (n.) (Med.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. -- Coxe.
Resolvent (n.) (Math.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.
Resolvent (n.) A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent].
Resolver (n.) That which decomposes, or dissolves. -- Boyle.
Resolver (n.) That which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined. -- Bp. Burnet.
Resolver (n.) One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose.
Resolver, () The TCP/ IP protocol library software that formats requests to be sent to the Domain Name Server for hostname to IP address conversion. (1995-03-28)
Resonance (n.) The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
Resonance (n.) (Acoustics) 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.
Resonance (n.) (Physics) A phenomenon in which a vibration or other cyclic process (such as tide cycles) of large amplitude is produced by smaller impulses, when the frequency of the external impulses is close to that of the natural cycling frequency of the process in that system.
Note: The shattering of a glass object when impinged upon by sound of a certain frequency is one example of this phenomenon; another is the very large tides in certain basins such as that of the Bay of Fundy, which has a natural cycling frequency close to that of the tidal cycle.
Resonance (n.) (Electronics) An electric phenomenon corresponding to that of acoustic resonance, due to the existance of certain relations of the capacity, inductance, resistance, and frequency of an alternating circuit; the tuning of a radio transmitter or receiver to send or detect waves of specific frequencies depends on this phenomenon.
Pulmonary resonance (Med.), The sound heard on percussing over the lungs.
Vocal resonance (Med.), The sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.
Resonance (n.) An excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
Resonance (n.) A vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system.
Resonance (n.) Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy].
Resonance (n.) A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people [syn: rapport, resonance].
Resonance (n.) The quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities.
Resonancy (n.) Resonance.
Resonant (a.) Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.
Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. -- De Quincey.
Resonant (a.) (Elec.) Adjusted as to dimensions (as an electric circuit) so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency.
Resonant (a.) Characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative].
Resonant (a.) Serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" [syn: evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant].
Resonantly (adv.) In a resonant manner.
Resonator (n.) (Acoustics) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds.
Resonator (n.) Anything that resounds or resonates; specif.:
Resonator (n.) (a) (Teleg.) An open box for containing a sounder and designed to concentrate and amplify the sound.
Resonator (n.) (b) (Elec.) Any of various apparatus for exhibiting or utilizing the effects of resonance in connection with open circuits, as a device having an oscillating circuit which includes a helix of bare copper wire, a variable number of coils of which can be connected in circuit with a condenser and spark gap excited with an induction coil. It is used to create high-frequency electric brush discharges.
Resonator (n.) (c) (Wireless Teleg.) The antenna system and other high-frequency circuits of a receiving apparatus.
Resonator (n.) A hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves [syn: resonator, cavity resonator, resonating chamber].
Resonator (n.) An electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude [syn: resonator, resonant circuit].
Resonator (n.) Any system that resonates.
Resorb (v. t.) To swallow up.
Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. -- Young.
Resorb (v. t.) (Biol.) to absorb (something which has been secreted or exuded by the same organism).
Resorb (v.) Undergo resorption [syn: reabsorb, resorb].
Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up. -- Wodhull.
Resorcin (n.) (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin.
Resorcylic (a.) (Chem.) Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.
Resorption (n.) The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.
Resort (n.) Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]
Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it. -- Bacon.
Resorted (imp. & p. p.) of Resort.
Resorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resort.
Resort (v. i.) To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
What men name resort to him? -- Shak.
Resort (v. i.) To fall back; to revert. [Obs.]
The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors. -- Sir M. Hale.
Resort (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
The king thought it time to resort to other counsels. -- Clarendon.
Resort (n.) The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force.
Join with me to forbid him her resort. -- Shak.
Resort (n.) A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
Far from all resort of mirth. -- Milton.
Resort (n.) That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Last resort, Ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.
Resort (n.) A hotel located in a resort area [syn: resort, resort hotel, holiday resort].
Resort (n.) A frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground].
Resort (n.) Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" [syn: recourse, refuge, resort].
Resort (n.) Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn:
recourse, resort, refuge].
Resort (v.) Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" [syn: fall back, resort, recur].
Resort (v.) Move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" [syn: repair, resort].
Resort. () The authority or jurisdiction of a court.
The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort.
Resorter (n.) One who resorts; a frequenter.
Resoun (n.) Reason. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Resoun (v. i. & t.) To resound. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Re-sound (v. t. & i.) To sound again or anew.
Resounded (imp. & p. p.) of Resound.
Resounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resound.
Resound (v. i.) （建築物）發出回響；充滿聲音 [（+with）]；（聲音、樂器等）鳴響；回蕩[（+through/ throughout）]；（名聲等）被傳揚，被傳頌 To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.