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has glosseng: A harmonograph is a mechanical apparatus that employs pendulums to create a geometric image. The drawings created typically are Lissajous curves, or related drawings of greater complexity. The devices, which began to appear in the mid-19th century and peaked in popularity in the 1890s, cannot be conclusively attributed to a single person, although Hugh Blackburn, a professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow, is commonly believed to be the official inventor.
lexicalizationeng: harmonograph
instance of(noun) an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity
pendulum
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German
has glossdeu: Ein Harmonograph ist ein Instrument, das zwei überlagerte harmonische Schwingungen unterschiedlicher Frequenz in eine Grafik umsetzt.
lexicalizationdeu: Harmonograph
Italian
has glossita: Un armonografo è un'apparecchiatura meccanica che si serve di pendoli per tracciare delle figure. Un tale meccanismo permette di tracciare le figure di Lissajous e anche curve più complesse. Queste apparecchiature sono comparse nel XIX secolo e sono attributi al francese Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822-1880).
lexicalizationita: armonografo
Latin
has glosslat: Harmonographum est machina quae pendulis formas geometricas inscribit. Species simplicissima est harmonographum laterale, quod duobus pendulis ad pares angulos vibrantibus utitor. Hastile alterius pendulorum bracchium ex quo calamus est aptus agitat alteriusque hastile agitat schedam. Hoc motu calamus formas in schema inscribit.
lexicalizationlat: Harmonographum
Dutch
has glossnld: Een harmonograaf is een mechanisch instrument om twee onafhankelijke - maar op elkaar lijkende - trillingen op de x-as en de y-as van een grafiek uit te zetten. De figuren die zo ontstaan, worden Lissajousfiguren genoemd.
lexicalizationnld: harmonograaf
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