graphic instrument noun

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• graphic equaliser — /græfɪk ˈikwəlaɪzə/ (say grafik eekwuhluyzuh) noun a device which alters the sound of an instrument or of recorded or reproduced sound by altering the relative volume levels of different frequencies. Also, graphic equalizer …   Australian English dictionary

• sound spectrogram — noun : a record produced by a sound spectrograph with time shown along the horizontal axis, frequency shown along the vertical axis, and intensity indicated by varying shades of darkness of the pattern * * * a graphic representation, produced by… …   Useful english dictionary

• ticker — noun Date: 1821 something that ticks or produces a ticking sound: as a. watch b. (1) a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off information (as stock quotations or news) on a paper ribbon (2) a graphic on which information… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tracing — noun Date: 14th century 1. something that is traced: as a. a copy made on a superimposed transparent sheet b. a graphic record made by an instrument (as a seismograph) that registers some movement 2. the act of one that traces …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cardiotachometer — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: cardi + tachometer : a device for prolonged graphic recording of the heartbeat * * * /kahr dee oh ta kom i teuhr, teuh /, n. an instrument for measuring the heart rate. [1925 30; CARDIO + TACHOMETER] …   Useful english dictionary

• keeler polygraph — “ noun Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: after Leonarde Keeler died 1949 American criminologist, its inventor : an instrument for making a graphic record of the changes in blood pressure and pulse and respiration rate of someone being… …   Useful english dictionary

• -graph — comb. form forming nouns and verbs meaning: 1 a thing written or drawn etc. in a specified way (autograph; photograph). 2 an instrument that records (heliograph; seismograph; telegraph). * * * ˌgraf, aa(ə)f, aif, ȧf noun combining form ( s)… …   Useful english dictionary

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

• HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …   Universalium