PHONOSCOPE

Etymology

Noun

phonoscope (plural phonoscopes)

A device that shows images demonstrating the movement of a person's face as they speak.

(historical) An early kind of microphone.

Source: Wiktionary


Pho"no*scope, n. Etym: [Phono- + -scope.] (Physics) (a) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by König for testing the quality of musical strings. (b) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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