cymatics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /saɪˈmæ.tɪks/
Etymology
Coined by Hans Jenny from Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -ics, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).
Meanings
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(uncountable) The study of visible effects of sound and vibration.
A 25-minute color film and 50 black-and-white single frames were drawn from Dr. Hans Jenny’s experiments with cymatics — the structure and dynamics of waves and vibrations.
1966, Photographic Applications in Science and Technology, I-II, page 83: