cymoscope

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UK/ˈsaɪməskəʊp/

noun

A detector of electromagnetic waves.

OriginLatin cȳma ← Ancient Greek κῦμα →
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Meanings

nouncymoscope (plural cymoscopes)

plural cymoscopes · alternative cymatoscope · alternative kumascope

  1. communicationsA detector of electromagnetic waves.

    Apparatus belonging to any of these groups might all be called a cymoscope, or wave-detector.

    1905, Engineering, LXXIX, page 742

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cymatoscopekumascope

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκῦμα
  2. Latincȳma
  3. Englishcymoscope

First attested as cymatoscope in 1903 and as cymoscope in 1905; formed as cȳm- (the short stem of the Latin cȳma, from the Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma), kūma, “wave”) + -o- + -scope. Cymatoscope is philologically prescribed in place of cymoscope because it preserves the long stem (κῡμᾰτ- (kūmăt-), kūmat-) of its ultimate Ancient Greek etymon, which properly does not form compounds on its short stem (κῡμ- (kūm-), kūm-).

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APA

cymoscope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cymoscope

MLA

“cymoscope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cymoscope. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cymoscope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cymoscope.

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