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Scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
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kymograph
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A kymograph (which means 'wave writer') is a device that gives a graphical representation of spatial position over time in which a spatial axis represents time. It basically consists of a revolving drum wrapped with a sheet of paper on which a stylus moves ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) [syn: cymograph ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kymograph \Ky"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. ? wave + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion .