resonators
Vibration amplifying chambers
Resonators are devices or structures that amplify or sustain vibrations at particular frequencies.
In music, the body of a guitar or violin acts as a resonator, enriching the sound produced by the strings.
In electronics, resonators help generate or filter specific frequencies in circuits.
The term extends to anything that amplifies or responds sympathetically: Her words found resonators throughout the community.
Physical structure, living thing
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- stringsThin flexible lines
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- cavityEmpty space within
air column · marimba · xylophone · singing bowl · gong · bell · drum shell · guitar body
Cyclic signal generator
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
filter · capacitor · inductor · bandpass · impedance · tuning · frequency · waveguide
Frequencies above the fundamental
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
sympathetic · sustain · tone · pitch · echo · intonation · formant · standing wave
Microscale electromechanical devices
- gyroscopeSpinning disc measuring orientation
- accelerometerDevice measuring motion forces
- transducerEnergy form converter
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
quartz · sensor · actuator · microphone · frequency · detection · measurement · cantilever
Repeated back-and-forth movement
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- massQuantity of matter
- dampingDissipation of vibrational energy
vibration · harmonic · natural frequency · tuning fork · cantilever · membrane · diaphragm · coupling
Muscular throat cavity
- oral cavityMouth's interior chamber
- nasal cavityAir channel in nose
- larynxSpeech-producing throat organ
- formantSpectral concentration in speech
vowel · articulation · tract · throat · sinus · chest voice · head voice · vocal tract
body
Physical structure, living thing
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
- stringsThin flexible lines
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
cavity · air column · marimba · xylophone · singing bowl · gong · bell · drum shell · guitar body · violin
oscillator
Cyclic signal generator
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
crystal · filter · capacitor · inductor · bandpass · impedance · tuning · frequency · waveguide · dielectric
harmonics
Frequencies above the fundamental
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- soundboardTone-amplifying wooden surface
reverberation · sympathetic · sustain · tone · pitch · echo · intonation · formant · standing wave · natural frequency
MEMS
Microscale electromechanical devices
- gyroscopeSpinning disc measuring orientation
- accelerometerDevice measuring motion forces
- transducerEnergy form converter
piezoelectric · quartz · sensor · actuator · microphone · frequency · detection · measurement · cantilever · biosensor
oscillation
Repeated back-and-forth movement
damping · vibration · harmonic · natural frequency · tuning fork · cantilever · membrane · diaphragm · coupling · amplitude
pharynx
Muscular throat cavity
- oral cavityMouth's interior chamber
- nasal cavityAir channel in nose
- larynxSpeech-producing throat organ
formant · vowel · articulation · tract · throat · sinus · chest voice · head voice · vocal tract · speech
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- opticslens, lenses, mirror, mirrors, prism
- celeste partshammers, steel plates
- fiber opticsoptical fiber, fiber optics, fiber cable, cladding, optical cable
- pipe organspipe organ, organ, organ pipes, pipe organs, organ stops
- resonanceharmonic, fundamental, natural frequency, node, antinode
resonatorsdampeners
Things that lessen force
dampers · shock absorbers · attenuators · mufflers · absorbers
resonatorsabsorbers
Things that take in energy
silencers · mufflers · acoustic insulation · baffles · acoustic foam
- gourd resonatorHollow dried fruit amplifier
- cavity resonatorHollow conducting enclosure for waves