sonorous : Idioms & Phrases
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 alsoacoustic figures .
Webster 1913
Sonorous tumor
(Med.) , a tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion.
