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cymoscope

UK/ˈsaɪməskəʊp/

cymoscope noun: a detector of electromagnetic waves.

Noun

cymoscope (plural cymoscopes)

  1. A detector of electromagnetic waves.
    • Apparatus belonging to any of these groups might all be called a cymoscope, or wave-detector.1905, Engineering, LXXIX, page 742

Forms of cymoscope

pluralcymoscopes
alternative formcymatoscope
alternative formkumascope

Origin of cymoscope

First attested as cymatoscope in 1903 and as cymoscope in 1905; formed as cȳm- (the short stem of the Latin cȳma, from the Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma), kūma, “wave”) + -o- + -scope. Cymatoscope is philologically prescribed in place of cymoscope because it preserves the long stem (κῡμᾰτ- (kūmăt-), kūmat-) of its ultimate Ancient Greek etymon, which properly does not form compounds on its short stem (κῡμ- (kūm-), kūm-).

Questions about cymoscope

What does cymoscope mean?
Cymoscope means a detector of electromagnetic waves.
What part of speech is cymoscope?
Cymoscope is a noun.
How do you pronounce cymoscope?
Cymoscope is pronounced /ˈsaɪməskəʊp/ (UK).
What is the plural of cymoscope?
The plural of cymoscope is cymoscopes.

Words near cymoscope in the dictionary

  1. cymometers
  2. cymophane
  3. cymophanes
  4. cymophanous
  5. cymophenol
  6. cymoscope
  7. cymoscopes
  8. cymose
  9. cymosely
  10. cymothoid
  11. cymothoids

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