单词 | phoneidoscope |
释义 | phoneidoscopen. Now historical and rare. An instrument for observing the vibrations of a thin film of soap solution in response to sound waves. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [noun] > with visible output phonautograph1859 phonoscope1868 time marker1869 phonograph1875 phoneidoscope1878 harmonograph1879 tonophant1895 vibrograph1904 1878 Cassell's Family Mag. 576/1 By means of a recently constructed instrument known as the Phoneidoscope. 1893 Athenæum 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. 1937 J. J. Thomson Recoll. & Refl. x. 319 Sedley Taylor..invented an instrument called a phoneidoscope, in which soap films showed beautifully coloured patterns when musical notes fell upon them. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [adjective] phonautographic1877 phoneidoscopic1880 spectrographic1884 sound-spectrographic1947 melographic1970 1880 Nature 8 Jan. 243/1 M. Guébhard..proceeded to show that..the fleeting films condensed from the breath may exhibit phoneidoscopic properties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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