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automatograph|ɔːtəʊˈmætəgrɑːf, -æ-|
[f. Gr. αὐτόµατος acting of itself + -γραϕος writing, writer, -graph.]
A scientific form of the planchette, used for recording the involuntary movements of the hand and arm. Hence autoˈmatogram.
1892J. Jastrow in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. Apr. 400 This apparatus enables us to record all movement in the horizontal plane, and, inasmuch as its chief purpose is to write slight involuntary movements, we have given it the name of the automatograph and may speak of such a record as an automatogram. 1901Titchener Exper. Psychol. I. i. 95 Automatograph. This consists of a light but strong board,..carrying at one end a small block of wood,..hollowed out to take the elbow, and pierced at the other end by a circular hole, through which the stylus passes. |