kymograph

American  

[kahy-muh-graf, -grahf] / ˈkaɪ məˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.

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kymograph British  

/ ˈkaɪməˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf /

noun

1. med a rotatable drum for holding paper on which a tracking stylus continuously records variations in blood pressure, respiratory movements, etc

2. phonetics this device as applied to the measurement of variations in the muscular action of the articulatory organs

3. an instrument for recording the angular oscillations of an aircraft in flight

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Other Word Forms

• kymographic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of kymograph

First recorded in 1865–70; kymo- + -graph

Example Sentences

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kymograph

In that issue there is a picture of two of the famous scientific Shull brothers looking at a kymograph.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, finally, in order to ascertain the time relations of all these processes, a time-marker indicated the time in fifth-seconds upon the revolving kymograph record.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar

But this necessitated such rapid revolution of the drum of the kymograph that the curves were not compact enough for purposes of demonstration.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar

By tapping out rhythms on a kymograph, he determined the well-known 'Taktgleichheit' of the feet in scanned verse, and noted a number of facts about the time relations of the different unit groups.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

By the kymograph respirations were found to become shallower in proportion to their frequency.

From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.