English Explanatory Dictionary

aeolina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An early type of harmonica with metal plates enclosing free reeds.

Word forms

aeolina aeolinas

Etymology

From Aeolus (see Aeolian harp) + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Aeoline. Developed under this name by the English physicist and inventor Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875).

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