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sonorousness n. 響亮;堂堂 響亮;堂堂 sonorousness n 1: having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [ synonym: { plangency}, { resonance}, { reverberance}, { ringing}, { sonorousness}, { sonority}, { vibrancy}] Sonorous \ So* no" rous\, a. [ L. sonorus, fr. sonor, - oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See { Sound}.] 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Loud- sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Impressive in sound; high- sounding. [ 1913 Webster] The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. -- E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep- toned; as, sonorous rhonchi. [ 1913 Webster] { Sonorous figures} ( Physics), figures formed by the vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and the sand arranges itself in figures according to the musical tone. Called also { acoustic figures}. { Sonorous tumor} ( Med.), a tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion. [ 1913 Webster] -- { So* no" rous* ly}, adv. -- { So* no" rous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
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