Defn: An instrument for exhibiting and measuring wave motion; specif.
(Elec.),
Defn: an instrument for determining the frequency of electic wave oscillations, esp. in connection with wireless telegraphy.
CYMOPHANE Cym"o*phane (sm"-fn or s"m-), n. Etym: [Gr.cymophane. So named in allusion to a peculiar opalescence often seen in it.] (Min.)
Defn: See Chrysoberyl.
CYMOPHANOUS
Cy*moph"a*nous (s-mf"-ns or s-), a.
Defn: Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.
CYMOSCOPE
Cy"mo*scope, n. [Gr. wave + -scope.] (Elec.)
Defn: 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.
CYMOSE; CYMOUS Cy"mose (s"ms; 277), Cy"mous (s"ms), a. Etym: [L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.