tonoscope
tonoscope noun: any of various devices that make sound visible by displaying vibrations.
Noun
tonoscope (plural tonoscopes)
- Any of various devices that make sound visible by displaying vibrations.
- When the tonoscope was used with patients suffering from speech difficulties, the difference between a pure sound and a skewed sound was clearly evident.2010, Naomi Ozaniec, Beat Stress With Meditation: Teach Yourself, →ISBN
- Seashore saw the emotions of music as buried in the subsensory rise and fall of the sound wave; only tools such as the tonoscope could capture music's true beauty.2014, Brenton J. Malin, Feeling Mediated: A History of Media Technology and Emotion in America, →ISBN
tonoscope meaning in Tamil
tonoscope in Tamil
- ஒலி ஒளி இடமாற்ற ஆய்வி, அழுத்தமானி, ஒலி அலைவரைவு, ஒலிவழிமூளைச் சோதனை, விழி அழுத்தமானி
Forms of tonoscope
| plural | tonoscopes |
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Origin of tonoscope
From tono- + -scope, coined by Dr. Hans Jenny, who invented the first such device and published research that was based on it.
Questions about tonoscope
- What does tonoscope mean?
- Tonoscope means any of various devices that make sound visible by displaying vibrations.
- What is tonoscope in Tamil?
- Tonoscope in Tamil is ஒலி ஒளி இடமாற்ற ஆய்வி, அழுத்தமானி, ஒலி அலைவரைவு. See Tonoscope meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tonoscope?
- Tonoscope is a noun.
- What is the plural of tonoscope?
- The plural of tonoscope is tonoscopes.
Words near tonoscope in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tonoscope (page history and authors); tonoscope (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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