cymatograph

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /saɪˈmætəʊɡɹɑːf/|/saɪˈmætəʊɡɹæf/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves. obsolete,rare
    — Prof. S. P. Thompson…had also lent for exhibition…a “cymatograph” (an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves).

词形变化

cymatographs plural

词源

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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