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cymagraph|ˈsaɪməgrɑːf, -æ-|
[f. prec. + Gr. -γραϕος writing, a writer.
Erroneously formed: the combining forms of Gr. κῦµα being κυµατο-, κυµο-, cymato-, cymo-.]
An instrument for copying or tracing the contour of profiles and mouldings.
1837Athenæum 11 Mar. 179 A paper..from the Rev. R. Willis descriptive of a new instrument invented by him for tracing profiles and mouldings, and which he called the Symagraph. 1842R. Willis in Civ. Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. V. 219 (title) Description of the Cymagraph for copying mouldings. 1889Athenæum 19 Jan. 90/1 The mouldings have been taken full size with the cymagraph.
Hence ˈcyma-, prop. cymograph v. nonce-wd.
1844G. Peacock Address Brit. Assoc. p. xliv, Carefully reduced and tabulated, and their mean results cymographed or projected in curves. |