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ringing
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ringing [′riŋ·iŋ]
(communications)
The production of an audible or visible signal at a station or switchboard by means of an alternating or pulsating current.
(control systems)
An oscillatory transient occurring in the output of a system as a result of a sudden change in input.


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And as you lean toward the fountain, you understand what he means, for the dripping water falls and plays with such plangency across the glass that you could swear a music box is concealed somewhere.
And his stripped-down versions of ballads like "Losing My Mind," "Anyone Can Whistle," and "Send in the Clowns" have a Dietrich-like plangency.
It may have been the plangency of his voice as he read; it may have been the loveliness of Grahame's writing, and his evocation of river and forest and countryside.
 
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