cymaphen

[Gr. kyma =a wave, and phainō =to show.] An apparatus in a telephone for receiving transmitted electric waves. *çỹ-mar', s. [CHIMERE.) A slight covering; a scarf. "The maids in soft cymars of linen dre ed.' Pope: Homer's Iliad, xviii. 685. dim in. of kyma =a wave.] çy-mā-ti-ŭm (ti as shi), s . [Lat.; Gr. kymation, 1. Arch.: A molding whose section or profile is one half convex and the other concave. [CYMA.] An ogee molding. "In a cornice, the gola, or cymatium of the corona, the coping, the modillions, or dentelli, make a noble show by their graceful projections."- Spectator. 2. Sculp.: Carved work resembling rolling waves. çy-mat-o-lite, cu-mat-o-lite, s. [Gr. kyma, gen it. kymatos =a wave, and lithos =a stone.] Min.: A mineral which Dana considers nearly or quite the same as Pihlite; while the Brit. Mus. Cat. separates them into two quite distinct species. [PIHLITE.]