nonresonant

9.1

Not making echoes or long ringing sounds

adjective
/nɒnˈrɛzənənt/

Specialized

: no resonante

Unlike most instruments, this flute has a nonresonant quality that limits its vibrational effects.

Examples

By fitting nonresonant x-ray scattering data, the ESRF group modeled the structure of their sample, allowing the ratio of platinum to cobalt in their model to vary in the top three layers.

Academic text (1996)
The peak, centered at 1.54 ± 0.01 GeV, rose 4.6 standard deviations (s) above the nonresonant background.

Academic text (2003)
Nonresonant church bells?

Fiction book (1992)
Going to higher photon numbers requires a nonresonant, dispersive measurement, rather than a resonant, absorptive one, says Haroche.

Academic text (1999)
The musician played a tune on the guitar that produced a nonresonant sound, lacking the usual echo.
The researchers noted that the material displayed nonresonant properties, making it suitable for specific acoustic applications.

Synonyms

unreverberant

vsnonresonant

Specialized

9.9

Not causing echoes in a room or material

is broader, covering lack of resonance or sympathetic vibration beyond just spaces

echoless

vsnonresonant

8.6

A place or sound where noise does not bounce back

focuses on a general absence of resonance or tendency to vibrate rather than total silence

Antonyms

resonant

7 5.6

A deep clear sound that lasts for a while

How Resonant

reverberant

Specialized

1 8.0

resonant

7 5.6

nonresonant

Specialized

9.1

to dull

33 3.4

Surface Forms

nonresonant positive

Morphology

nonresonant = resonant (transparent) = non + resonant

A straightforward negation formed by the productive prefix 'non-' applied to the adjective 'resonant', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Nonresonant comes from non- meaning 'not' and resonant, the same root as resonate meaning 'sound again'. So a nonresonant room or material does not echo or vibrate, which is why it is used to stop unwanted sound.