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metronome
1816, coined in Eng. from comb. form of Gk.
metron
"measure" (see
meter
(2)) +
-nomos
"regulating," verbal adj. of
nemein
"to regulate" (see
numismatics
). The device invented 1815 by John Maelzel.
