harmonium

Meaning

  1. A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.
  2. Synonym of Hooke's atom.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɑː(ɹ)ˈməʊ.ni.əm/
Etymology

Borrowed from French harmonium, a term coined by French inventor Alexandre Debain in 1840.

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