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.]
n. [ Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write. ] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic. [ 1913 Webster ]
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