Kymoscope
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kymoscope is a noun meaning A device for viewing and measuring wave motion, such as that recorded by a kymograph.
Meaning
A device for viewing and measuring wave motion, such as that recorded by a kymograph.
Example Sentences
In an original effort to show at reduced speed the movement here recorded, the films were viewed in a kymoscope […]
As a complement to the kymograph, STUMPF has constructed a kymoscope, by means of which one can visualize the movements registered on a kymogram.
It was during this same visit to Europe that he contributed to the Journal of Physiology three papers on various aspects of the operations of the kymograph, and of his own kymoscopes.
In the early years after the development of plane kymography, Stumpf (1931) had already stressed the optical reproducibility of moving processes and described a kymoscope which is still manufactured today.
Word Forms
- kymoscopes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kymography, kymographion, kymograph, kimograph, chimograph, videokymogram.
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