kymoscope

English

Etymology

kymo- +‎ -scope

Noun

kymoscope (plural kymoscopes)

1. A device for viewing and measuring wave motion, such as that recorded by a kymograph.
   • 1922, William Epps, Anderson Stuart, M.D.: Physiologist, Teacher, Builder, Organizer, Citizen, page 132:

     It was during this same visit to Europe that he contributed to the Journal of Physiology three papers on various aspects of the operations of the kymograph, and of his own kymoscopes.

   • 1934, Acta Radiologica, page 110:

     As a complement to the kymograph, STUMPF has constructed a kymoscope, by means of which one can visualize the movements registered on a kymogram.

   • 1943, The British Journal of Radiology, page 271:

     In an original effort to show at reduced speed the movement here recorded, the films were viewed in a kymoscope […]

   • 1968, Hans Rudolf Schinz, Leo George Rigler, Roentgen Diagnosis: General principles and methods, page 184:

     In the early years after the development of plane kymography, Stumpf (1931) had already stressed the optical reproducibility of moving processes and described a kymoscope which is still manufactured today.