harmonograph

noun

har·​mon·​o·​graph

härˈmänəˌgraf

: an instrument for combining two or more vibrations usually of two pendulums at right angles to each other and recording them in a single curve compare lissajous figure

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary harmono- (from Greek harmonia concord, harmony) + -graph

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