Cymatograph

//saɪˈmætəʊɡɹɑːf// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves. obsolete, rare

    "Prof. S. P. Thompson…had also lent for exhibition…a “cymatograph” (an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves)."

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"Prof. S. P. Thompson…had also lent for exhibition…a “cymatograph” (an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves)."

Etymology

κῡμᾰτ- (kūmăt-) (kūmat-, the long stem of the Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma), kūma, “wave”, whence cyma) + -graph; compare cymograph

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