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PHONEIDOSCOPE

Definition: PHONEIDOSCOPE

PHONEIDOSCOPE

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Phoneidoscope \Pho*nei"do*scope\, noun. [Phono- Greek expression form -scope.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "PHONEIDOSCOPE"

Words rhyming with "PHONEIDOSCOPE" (pronounced 'Pho*nei"do*scope'): Aeroscope, AEthrioscope, Alethoscope, Altiscope, Anamorphoscope, Anemoscope, Angioscope, Anorthoscope, Astroscope, Auriscope, Baroscope, Ceraunoscope, Chromascope, Chromatoscope, Chronoscope, Cyclonoscope, Cycloscope, Cymoscope, Debuscope, Echoscope, Galvanoscope, Gasoscope, gastroscope, gyroscope, horoscope, hygroscope, Kaleidoscope, Leucoscope, Lychnoscope, Manoscope, Meatoscope, Megalethoscope, Megascope, Melanoscope, Meteoroscope, Metroscope, Microspectroscope, Mutoscope, Myrioscope, Nephoscope, Niloscope, Opeidoscope, Ophthalmoscope, Orthoscope, oscilloscope, Otheoscope, Otoscope, Ozonoscope, Pantascope, Periodoscope. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PHONEIDOSCOPE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-h-i-n-o-o-o-p-p-s"

-2 letters: phenocopies.

-3 letters: nephoscope.

-4 letters: chenopods, endoscope, hodoscope.

-5 letters: cepheids, chenopod, chopines, codeines, cohesion, copepods, episcope, hedonics, hencoops, hosepipe, penoches, poisoned, siphoned, sphenoid.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PHONEIDOSCOPE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 48 4F 4E 45 49 44 4F 53 43 4F 50 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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