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Phonoscope

Phonoscope \Pho"no*scope\, n. [Phono- + -scope.] (Physics)

  1. An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by K["o]nig for testing the quality of musical strings.

  2. An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.

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phonoscope

n. a device that shows an image representing the acoustical properties of a musical instrument etc.