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cymatograph

UK/saɪˈmætəʊɡɹɑːf/

cymatograph noun: an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves.

Noun

cymatograph (plural cymatographs)

  1. (obsolete, rare) An instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves.
    • Prof. S. P. Thompson…had also lent for exhibition…a “cymatograph” (an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves).1885, Nature, XXXII, page 279

Forms of cymatograph

pluralcymatographs

Origin of cymatograph

From Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -o- + -graph, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma). Compare cymograph.

Questions about cymatograph

What does cymatograph mean?
Cymatograph means an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves.
What part of speech is cymatograph?
Cymatograph is a noun.
How do you pronounce cymatograph?
Cymatograph is pronounced /saɪˈmætəʊɡɹɑːf/ (UK).
What is the plural of cymatograph?
The plural of cymatograph is cymatographs.

Words near cymatograph in the dictionary

  1. cymatium
  2. cymatiums
  3. cymatoceratid
  4. cymatoceratids
  5. cymatogeny
  6. cymatograph
  7. cymatographs
  8. cymatoid
  9. cymatoscope
  10. cymatoscopes
  11. cymatotrichous

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