Usually means: Resonates without direct physical contact.
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  1. sympathetic string: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. sympathetic string: Wiktionary
  3. sympathetic string: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. sympathetic string: Dictionary.com
  5. Sympathetic string: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (sympathetic string)

noun:  (music) Any of a set of auxiliary strings found on certain musical instruments, generally not played directly by the performer but used to provide resonance in response to the main strings.

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