Definition of Topophone. Meaning of Topophone. Synonyms of Topophone

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Definition of Topophone

Topophone
Topophone Top"o*phone, n. [Gr. ? place + Gr. ? sound.] A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators.

Meaning of Topophone from wikipedia

- several homemade instruments, including the "juggophone", "shatterophone", "topophone", and "pyrophone", which utilized the sounds of beating water jugs, breaking...
- the air surrounding a sounding body, leading to his invention of the topophone; mode of measuring the wavelengths and velocities of sound in gases, resulting...