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Theremin

/ˈθɛ.ɹɨ.mɪn/

An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennae mounted on the instrument.

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An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennae mounted on the instrument.

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termenvoxnoun	theremin (music instrument)
thermophonenoun	A form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.
microtunernoun	An electronic device or audio software endowed with microtuning capabilities specifically designed and used to modify the tuning of musical instruments, hence allowing for microtonal scales, just intonation scales and tunings other than the twelve-tone equal temperament to be played.
mellotronnoun	(music) An early electronic keyboard instrument that played back prerecorded sounds.
thermisternoun	Alternative spelling of thermistor. [(electronics) A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.]
keraunophonenoun	(historical) A radio-based device that generates sound corresponding to distant lightning flashes.
thermoelectrometernoun	(obsolete) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current by the heat that it produces, or for determining the heat produced by such a current.
electrothermometernoun	Any electronic device used to measure temperature, such as a thermistor, thermocouple, etc.
telethermometernoun	An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
telethermographnoun	An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.
radiophonenoun	A radiotelephone.
electronic organnoun	(music) A keyboard musical instrument, resembling a spinet, or upright, piano in size and general shape, in which tone is generated by electronic circuits and radiated by loudspeaker.
galvanothermometernoun	Synonym of thermoelectrometer.
radiomicrometernoun	a device used to measure small changes in radiant heat, or in temperature
teletrophonenoun	(obsolete) An early telephone-like device invented by Antonio Meucci
thermometernoun	An apparatus used to measure temperature.
ribbon microphonenoun	A microphone that uses a thin electrically conductive ribbon between the poles of a magnet to produce a voltage by electromagnetic induction.
microresonatornoun	A microscopic resonator
riometernoun	An instrument used to quantify the amount of electromagnetic wave ionospheric absorption in the atmosphere.
microthermisternoun	A very small thermister