What is "cymograph"

Cymograph \Cy"mo*graph\, v. t. To trace or copy with a cymograph.

Cymograph \Cy"mo*graph\, n. [Cyma + -graph.]

1. An instrument for making tracings of the outline or contour of profiles, moldings, etc.

2. Var. of Kymograph. -- Cy`mo*graph"ic, a.

n. An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.

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: kymograph]