kymoscope

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noun

A device for viewing and measuring wave motion, such as that recorded by a kymograph.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounkymoscope (plural kymoscopes)

plural kymoscopes

  1. A device for viewing and measuring wave motion, such as that recorded by a kymograph.

    In an original effort to show at reduced speed the movement here recorded, the films were viewed in a kymoscope […]

    1943, The British Journal of Radiology, page 271
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    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.

    1922, William Epps, Anderson Stuart, M.D.: Physiologist, Teacher, Builder, Organizer, Citizen, page 132

    As a complement to the kymograph, STUMPF has constructed a kymoscope, by means of which one can visualize the movements registered on a kymogram.

    1934, Acta Radiologica, page 110

    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.

    1968, Hans Rudolf Schinz, Leo George Rigler, Roentgen Diagnosis: General principles and methods, page 184

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