kinohapt
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An esthesiometer for applying several stimuli to the skin with controlled timing and pressure.
Example Sentences
- "For stimulation we had recourse to a modified Benussi kinohapt, controlled by the Leipzig time-sense apparatus set to give an interval of 4/3 sec."
- "The most accurate instrument for delivering a 'touch' stimulus is probably the kinohapt (Bartley, 1958), which is a tiny stylus released by a solenoid to rest on the skin for a definite time with a definite and measurable pressure."
- "In more recent years several different investigators constructed electromechanical devices called kinohapts, whereby tiny styli could be raised and lowered on the skin with more or less uniform impact and with precise timing."