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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for observing the color-figures of liquid films under the action of sonorous vibrations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.
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- noun An
instrument for studying themotions ofsounding bodies byoptical means. It consists of atube across whose end is stretched afilm ofsoap solution thin enough to give colouredbands , whose form and position are affected bysonorous vibrations .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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