English Explanatory Dictionary

cymatograph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves.

Pronunciation

sīmăʹtōgräf sīmăʹtōgrăf /saɪˈmætəʊɡɹɑːf/ /saɪˈmætəʊɡɹæf/

Word forms

cymatograph cymatographs

Etymology

From Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -o- + -graph, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma). Compare cymograph.

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