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

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Etymology

Origin of kymograph

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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 Oskar Pfungst

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 Hugo Münsterberg

The excursions of the tambour pointer as recorded on the smoked paper of the kymograph give a true picture of the respiration rate.

From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Francis Gano Benedict

The whole was connected up with a kymograph.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

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