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harmonograph

harmonograph noun: a mechanical device that uses a combination of pendulums to generate an image based on Lissajous curves.

harmonograph: a mechanical device that uses a combination of pendulums to generate an image based on Lissajous...
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Noun

harmonograph (plural harmonographs)

  1. A mechanical device that uses a combination of pendulums to generate an image based on Lissajous curves.

Forms of harmonograph

pluralharmonographs

Origin of harmonograph

From harmony + -o- + -graph.

Questions about harmonograph

What does harmonograph mean?
Harmonograph means a mechanical device that uses a combination of pendulums to generate an image based on Lissajous curves.
What part of speech is harmonograph?
Harmonograph is a noun.
What is the plural of harmonograph?
The plural of harmonograph is harmonographs.

Words near harmonograph in the dictionary

  1. harmonizeth
  2. harmonizing
  3. harmonizingly
  4. harmonogram
  5. harmonograms
  6. harmonograph
  7. harmonographs
  8. harmonometer
  9. harmonometers
  10. Harmonstown
  11. harmony

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