cymatograph
See also: Cymatograph
English
editEtymology
editκῡμᾰτ- (kūmat-) (kūmat-, the long stem of the Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma), kūma, “wave”, whence cyma) + -graph; compare cymograph
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sīmăʹtōgräf, sīmăʹtōgrăf; IPA(key): /saɪˈmætəʊɡɹɑːf/, /saɪˈmætəʊɡɹæf/
Noun
editcymatograph (plural cymatographs)
- (obsolete, rare) An instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves.
- 1885, Nature, XXXII, page 279:
- Prof. S. P. Thompson…had also lent for exhibition…a “cymatograph” (an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves).