English Explanatory Dictionary

cymatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to cymatics.
  2. Describing any secondary effect of sound or similar vibrations.

Pronunciation

/saɪˈmæ.tɪk/

Word forms

cymatic

Etymology

First attested in 1828, from Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -ic, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma). Compare the latter cymatics (1966) and the earlier Latin cȳmaticus (1753).

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