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Wheatstone's rods

Wheatstone's rods is the plural of Wheatstone's rod.

Meaning of Wheatstone's rod

Noun

Wheatstone's rod (plural Wheatstone's rods)

  1. (acoustics) Either of a pair of flexible rods whose periods of vibration in two planes at right angles are in some exact ratio to one another. When one end of such a rod is fixed, the free end describes through vibration the corresponding Lissajous figure.

Questions about Wheatstone's rods

What is Wheatstone's rods the plural of?
Wheatstone's rods is the plural of Wheatstone's rod.

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