n. (Chem.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cyma + -graph. ] (a) An instrument for making tracings of the outline or contour of profiles, moldings, etc. (b) Var. of Kymograph. -- Cy`mo*graph"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

v. t. To trace or copy with a cymograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cyme + -oid. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a cyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wave -meter. ] An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion; specif. (Elec.), an instrument for determining the frequency of electic wave oscillations, esp. in connection with wireless telegraphy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; wave + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; To appear: cf. F. cymophane. So named in allusion to a peculiar opalescence often seen in it. ] (Min.) See Chrysoberyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wave + -scope. ] (Elec.) Any device for detecting the presence of electric waves. The influence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular kind of electric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on the polarization of an electrolytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various cymoscopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme. ] (Bot.) Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes. [ 1913 Webster ]