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phonoscope

[foh-nuh-skohp]
noun
  1. an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
  2. a device for testing the quality of strings for musical instruments.
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Origin of phonoscope

First recorded in 1880–85; phono- + -scope
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British Dictionary definitions for phonoscope

phonoscope

noun
  1. a device that renders visible the vibrations of sound waves
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