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  • adjective physics Of or pertaining to cymatics.
  • adjective Describing any secondary effect of sound or similar vibrations.

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First attested in 1828; formed as cymat- (the long stem of cyma) +‎ -ic; compare the later cymatics (1966) and the earlier Latin cȳmaticus (1753).

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