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the universe's way of admitting that the right nudge moves mountains and shatters glass.
means The phenomenon where a system vibrates with greater amplitude when pushed at its natural frequency — and, more loosely, the quality of striking a deep chord, emotional or otherwise.
from From Latin resonare, 'to sound again, to echo,' built from re- ('back, again') and sonare ('to sound') — the same sonare that gives us 'sonic' and 'sonnet.' It entered English by way of French resonance, first as a word for literal ringing and echoing sound, only later widening to describe anything that vibrates in sympathy, from a tuning fork to a heart.
- bridge killer
- Marching soldiers break step to avoid resonant collapse
- opera trick
- A sustained note can shatter a wine glass
- radio secret
- Tuning a dial just matches resonant frequencies
- atomic clock
- Cesium atoms resonate 9,192,631,770 times per second
- swing logic
- Small pushes timed right send kids sky-high
tacoma narrows bridge collapse — 1940 suspension bridge destroyed by wind-induced resonance, fell 190 feet into puget sound