Word Meanings - MONOCHORD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of

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An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.

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• STROMATIC
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• STRATARITHMETRY
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• STRUTTING
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• IATROCHEMISTRY
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