单词 | cymagraph |
释义 | cymagraphn. An instrument for copying or tracing the contour of profiles and mouldings. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > drawing instruments > for copying or tracing delineator1778 tracing-point1815 cymagraph1837 1837 Athenæum 11 Mar. 179 A paper..from the Rev. R. Willis descriptive of a new instrument invented by him for tracing profiles and mouldings, and which he called the Symagraph. 1842 R. Willis in Civil Engineer & Archit. Jrnl. 5 219 (title) Description of the Cymagraph for copying mouldings. 1889 Athenæum 19 Jan. 90/1 The mouldings have been taken full size with the cymagraph. Derivatives cymagraph v. (prop. cymograph) Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1844 G. Peacock Address Brit. Assoc. p. xliv Carefully reduced and tabulated, and their mean results cymographed or projected in curves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1837 |
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