A Dictionary of Phonetics and Phonology
n. 1. The physical phenomenon in which some body which is capable of vibration prefers to vibrate at certain frequencies rather than others, thereby favouring and enhancing those frequencies while suppressing others. The formants of speech represent the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract in a given configuration; changing the shape of the vocal tract alters its resonant frequencies and hence the positions of the formants.
Cf. damping. Adj. resonant 
2. Any distinguishable element in speech which can be ascribed to some prominent modification in the shape of the vocal tract, such as the nasal resonance heard when the velum is lowered.
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