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Webster 1913 Edition
Resonator
Res′o-naˊtor
(-n?ˊt?r)
, Noun.
[NL. & G.]
1.
(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.