Kundt tube

noun

ˈku̇nt-

: an acoustically resonating horizontal glass tube in which the standing-wave nodes are exhibited by the distribution of a fine powder and that is used to measure the velocity of sound in gases

Word History

Etymology

after August Kundt †1894 German physicist

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