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Meaning of tonoscope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of various devices that make sound visible by displaying vibrations.

Examples

“When the tonoscope was used with patients suffering from speech difficulties, the difference between a pure sound and a skewed sound was clearly evident.”
“Seashore saw the emotions of music as buried in the subsensory rise and fall of the sound wave; only tools such as the tonoscope could capture music's true beauty.”
“Although a deaf child might not be able to hear the difference between a properly pronounced “oh” and a guttural, poorly articulated “uhh,” using the tonoscope they could see the difference!”

CEFR level

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

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