cymatograph /saɪˈmætəʊɡɹɑːf/ noun1 •(no longer used, rare) An instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves.Prof. S. P. Thompson…had also lent for exhibition…a “cymatograph” (an instrument for compounding the resultant of two parallel, simple, harmonic waves). — 1885 formscymatographs