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phoneidoscope|fəʊˈnaɪdəskəʊp|
[f. Gr. ϕωνή voice + εἶδο-ς form, figure + -scope. Cf. kaleidoscope.]
An instrument for exhibiting the colour-figures produced by the action of sound-vibrations upon a thin film, e.g. of soap-solution.
1878Cassell's Fam. Mag. 576/1 By means of a recently constructed instrument known as the Phoneidoscope. 1893Athenæum 4 Feb. 159/1 Prof. Sedley Taylor..produced an instrument he unhappily named the ‘Phoneidoscope’, which was contrived to exhibit the ‘crispations’ of a soap film set in vibration by a vocal sound.
Hence phoneidoscopic |-ˈskɒpɪk| a.
1880Nature 8 Jan. 243/1 M. Guébhard..proceeded to show that..the fleeting films condensed from the breath may exhibit phoneidoscopic properties. |