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.
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud
sound; as, a sonorous voice.
3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound;
vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
4. Impressive in sound; high-
sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and
familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and
sonorous in the expression.
Addison.
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.
5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of
sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous
rhonchi.
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.
-- So*no"rous*ly, adv. --
So*no"rous*ness, n.
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.
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud
sound; as, a sonorous voice.
3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound;
vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
4. Impressive in sound; high-
sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and
familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and
sonorous in the expression.
Addison.
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.
5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of
sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous
rhonchi.
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.
-- So*no"rous*ly, adv. --
So*no"rous*ness, n.
