ther|e|min

ther|e|min
ther|e|min «THEHR uh mihn», noun.
an electronic musical instrument whose sound is produced by two high-frequency electric circuits, the pitch of the tone and the volume depending upon the distance of the player's outstretched hands from two antennas, without touching them.
[< Leo Theremin, born 1896, the Russian inventor]

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