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Meaning of kymoscope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”
“As a complement to the kymograph, STUMPF has constructed a kymoscope, by means of which one can visualize the movements registered on a kymogram.”
“In an original effort to show at reduced speed the movement here recorded, the films were viewed in a kymoscope […]”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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