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KYMOGRAPH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kymograph mean?
• KYMOGRAPH (noun)
The noun KYMOGRAPH has 1 sense:
1. scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
Familiarity information: KYMOGRAPH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cymograph; kymograph
Hypernyms ("kymograph" is a kind of...):
scientific instrument (an instrument used by scientists)
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