Hello all, Just my thoughts on the naming.
On 2005-03-24 10:08:35 +0000 Alex Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (...) >> But seriously, the resonance sounds too hard and evokes negative feelings. >> Also >> the resonance, as majority of people understand it, is usualy unpleasant >> effect. >> > You think it evokes negative feelings, really? In English, we often say "What > he had to say really resonated with me," which is very very far from being a > bad thing :) > > Resonance(n) > > 1. The quality or condition of being resonant: words that had > resonance throughout his life. > 2. Richness or significance, especially in evoking an association or > strong emotion: “It is home and family that give resonance... to > life” (George Gilder). “Israel, gateway to Mecca, is of course a > land of religious resonance and geopolitical significance” (James > Wolcott). > 3. _/Physics./_ The increase in amplitude of oscillation of an > electric or mechanical system exposed to a periodic force whose > frequency is equal or very close to the natural undamped frequency > of the system. (...) > Numbers one and two I would consider positive. Number three is neither, IMHO, > although depending on your education and chosen field of study and/or > profession, you may consider it not so good. > > Personally, I do not consider sympathetic vibration to be a bad thing at > all...is this what you were specifically referring to when talking about the > negative connotations which you see? > (...) I like Resonance. I am terrible with namings, and I'm open to further proposals, but Resonance is good enough for me. I like the way it sounds (no pun intendend) and this - sometimes more than the perceived meaning - is always a good indicator. In portuguese the word isn't commonly used with the above meanings (it *can* be used, but generally other words fit the situation better). It's mainly used as the ability of something to vibrate in response to stimulae from another source, which isn't a bad alegory. Since the root of the word is Latin more or less every European language can use the word for the meanings stated above. The negative connotation I can see is mainly due to the use of the word also when sound equipment misbehaves, e.g. too much power from the amp to speakers that can't cope with it. The resulting sound is sometimes termed "resonance". But this is only one use of the word, something undisputed and peremptory is also resonante. Best regards, fsmunoz
