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cymatics

/saɪˈmæ.tɪks/

cymatics noun: the study of visible effects of sound and vibration.

Noun

cymatics (uncountable)

  1. The study of visible effects of sound and vibration.
    • A 25-minute color film and 50 black-and-white single frames were drawn from Dr. Hans Jenny’s experiments with cymatics — the structure and dynamics of waves and vibrations.1966, Photographic Applications in Science and Technology, I-II, page 83

Origin of cymatics

Coined by Hans Jenny from Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -ics, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).

Questions about cymatics

What does cymatics mean?
Cymatics means the study of visible effects of sound and vibration.
What part of speech is cymatics?
Cymatics is a noun.
How do you pronounce cymatics?
Cymatics is pronounced /saɪˈmæ.tɪks/.

Words near cymatics in the dictionary

  1. cymarylic acid
  2. cymas
  3. cymata
  4. cymatia
  5. cymatic
  6. cymatics
  7. cymatiid
  8. cymatiids
  9. cymatium
  10. cymatiums
  11. cymatoceratid

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